S. E. Sparkman

WHITFIELD, J. -- An alternative writ of mandamus was issued by the Circuit Judge wherein it is alleged that the tax assessor of Hillsborough County in making up the assessment roll of said Hillsborough County for the year A.D. 1915, the respondent placed therein prior to July 1st of said year, an alleged assessment against the relator upon its personal property in and at a valuation of said personal property of one hundred and nine thousand dollars; that said alleged assessment in the valuation imposed as aforesaid was excessive, unjust and inequitable; that in said alleged assessment, the valuation imposed upon the said personal property of the relator was higher proportionately than the valuation imposed by the respondent in assessing the same on said roll upon any and all other real and personal property assessed in said roll, except in the other assessments on said roll of the personal property of the other banks located in Hillsborough County, and that the valuations imposed by the respondent in theassessment by him in said roll of the personal property of all banks in said Hillsborough County, including the relator, were by far greaterand higher proportionately than the valuations imposed by the respondent aforesaid upon all other real and personal property assessed in said roll; that the assessment aforesaid by the respondent in said roll of the personal property of the relator violated the provisions of Section 1 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of Florida that