Tacoma Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc. v. County of Pierce

Pierce County appeals from a judgment in the amount of $56,616.52 plus interest awarded to the plaintiff, Tacoma Goodwill Industries, Inc. This sum represents real and personal property taxes for 1968 and 1969, paid under protest by the plaintiff in 1970. This appeal presents a single issue: Is property which has continuously been listed and valued on the assessor’s roll books but improperly granted exemption in prior years “omitted property” within the meaning of RCW 84.40.080? We answer in the negative.

The plaintiff is a nonprofit corporation doing business in *198Tacoma as a “sheltered…