Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-25 | Page 8 | Eldredge Restrained from Assessing Property

I I ELDEEDGE RESTRAINED 1 1 FROM ASSESSING PROPERTY j. In accordance with the petition of 1 City Attorney Dey the Supreme court i I as Issued a writ of prohibition against L County Assessor Ben R. Eldrcdge, et i al . temporarily restraining the assess- ; ing of the property of the Utah Light , Sr TtaJlway company. The County Assessor secured an opinion from the '"ounty Attorney in which it was held I that tho statute giving the State Board I of Equalization power to assess prop- , erty wholly within the county was un constitutional, and Mr. Eldrcdge was i preparing to assess the property of the street railway company when -the above j action was commenced. The writ is made returnable on March 14th at 10 i o'clock, at which time the defendant will be required to show cause why he should not be permanently enjoined from making the assessment on the property in dispute.