Frace v. City of Tacoma

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

Plaintiff in this action is the owner, and in possession of, 160 acres of land lying within the corporate limits of the city of Tacoma. He brought this action to restrain the collection and enforcement of taxes levied and assessed against the land by the city for the years 1893 and 1894. The grounds relied upon for relief are that the corporate limits of the city as originally incorporated did not include his land; that, in attempting to extend its limits, the city wholly failed to comply with the provisions of the act of March, 1890 (Gen.…