Dickson v. County of Kittitas

— Respondent brought this action to vacate an assessment of certain described real estate in Kittitas county, and to cancel the taxes levied against the property for the years 1899, 1900 and 1901, upon the alleged ground that the assessing officers knowingly, arbitrarily and fraudulently assessed the said property for said years largely in excess of its true value, and two or three times the value of other like and adjoining property in the same neighborhood. Upon the issues made by the pleadings the trial court, after hearing the evidence, found that the property had been unlawfully assessed…