Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Adams County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court' for Adams county, Holcomb, J., entered June 23, 1913, dismissing an action to restrain the collection of a tax for destroying noxious weeds, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The lower court sustained a demurrer to the-complaint in this action. The plaintiff elected to stand on the allegations of the complaint, and the action was dismissed. The plaintiff appeals.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff' owns and operates a line of railroad in the state of Washington, extending through Adams and other counties, and occupies therewith a right of way generally of the width of *54two hundred feet. In the year 1912 the defendant, acting through its road supervisor, gave due notice to the plaintiff to cut down and destroy certain noxious weeds growing on one…
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