State Ex Rel. Barlow v. Kinnear

Hunter, J. —

This is an original proceeding in this court under Rule on Appeal 58, RCW vol. 0, wherein Snohomish County and the Snohomish County Assessor, Carroll Barlow, petitioners, are seeking a writ of prohibition to restrain permanently the Washington State Tax Commission from the enforcement of an order.

The stipulated facts show that in the year 1957 the county assessor completed a program of appraising separately each parcel of property in Snohomish County and using a ratio factor of 20 per cent of the true and fair value in determining each parcel’s assessed valuation. In January,…