State ex rel. Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. State Board of Equalization

This is a certiorari proceeding commenced and prosecuted in the superior court for Thurston county, wherein the relator sought to have reviewed and corrected the alleged unlawful and arbitrary action of the state board of equalization in fixing the value of its operating property *91in the year 1912 for purposes of taxation. Upon the filing of the affidavit praying for relief on behalf of the relator, an alternative writ was issued by the superior court on October 2, 1912, returnable October 10, 1912. The defendant thereupon filed a motion to quash the writ and dismiss the proceeding, assigning…