Legal Opinion

Town of Tekoa v. Reilly

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 28, 1907No. 6698PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, Chadwick, J., entered July 13, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, sustaining the validity of a street poll tax.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining the validity of a street poll tax, imposed under Section 1 of the act of March 5, 1905, Laws 1905, page 140, by the town of Tekoa, a municipal corporation of the fourth class. The validity of the legislative act under which the tax was imposed is the principal question raised by the appeal, and the only question we deem it necessary to consider, as we find no merit in the other assignments of error. In State v. Ide, 35 Wash. 576, 77 Pac. 961, this court held that subdivision 7 of §■ 117 of the act of March 27, 1890, Laws 1890, page 183, was void,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Edye v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. City of Faribault v. MisenerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
  3. State v. IdeWashington Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Town of Pleasant v. KostIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  5. Hunsaker v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1863

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3Cited by14 opinions

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