MacLaren v. Ferry County

— Respondent instituted this action to secure a reduction of taxes upon certain mining claims owned by him, located in Ferry county, alleging in his complaint that, for the year 1923, if assessed according to the provisions of ch. 124, Laws of 1921, p. 401, the assessed value of the properties would have been $3,135 only; while the county officials, in defiance of the act of 1921, had arbitrarily, fraudulently and against his protest, fixed the assessed valuation at the sum of $15,000. A tender was made of the amount which would have been due if the assessment had been as contended for; and,…