Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Building Co. v. King County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 7, 1913No. 10280PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Dykeman, J. entered January 11, 1912, reducing an assessment on a leasehold, upon review on certiorari of the proceedings of the board of equalization.

1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of King county, modifying an assessment upon a leasehold interest in the old university grounds, in the city of Seattle. The case is not a stranger here. See: Metropolitan Building Co. v. King County, 62 Wash. 409, 113 Pac. 1114, Ann. Cas. 1912 C. 943; Id., 64 Wash. 615, 117 Pac. 495. The law of the case was settled upon the first appeal. The second appeal presented substantially the same facts as this appeal. On the first appeal, the judgment reducing the assessment on the leasehold for the year 1909 from $480,000 to $96,000 was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Building Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Metropolitan Building Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1911

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Moses Lake Homes, Inc. v. Grant CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Dexter Horton Building Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Duwamish Warehouse Co. v. HoppeWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Pier 67, Inc. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Pier 67, Inc. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1967

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