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5 Ark. 416

Ex parte Blackburn

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided January 15, 1850

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1850-01-15

<p>The auditor has no power to correct a mistake made by a sheriff in listing and assessing lands, and therefore will not be compelled to do so by mandamus: the remedy is in equity.</p>

Decided 1850-01-15

Mr. Chief Justice Johnson

¶1delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶2This is an application for a Mandamus to the Auditor of the State, to compel him to permit the petitioner to redeem certain lands therein described. The facts, upon which the application is based, are not stated with that precision and clearness that could be desired; yet it is believed that the real object is to compel the Auditor to correct a mistake, which, it is alleged, was committed by the sheriff of Pulaski county in listing and assessing the lands specified in the petition. The object being to correct an alleged mistake made by the sheriff, it is clear that the Auditor has no such power; and that if the petitioner is entitled to the relief sought, he can obtain it alone in a Court of equity. The application is therefore denied.

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