Thurston County v. Tenino Stone Quarries, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, Linn, J., entered August 8, 1906, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for the collection of road poll taxes.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
This action was commenced by appellants for the collection of road poll taxes under the provisions of the statutes as found in the Laws of 1903, page 223, and as amended in 1905, and appearing at page 297 of the published Session Laws of 1905. The poll taxes sought to be collected were those alleged to be due from certain employees of respondent. The trial court held the statute unconstitutional. From a judgment dismissing the action, this appeal is taken.
Section 1 of the act of 1903, as amended in 1905, reads as follows:
“Every male inhabitant of this state between the .ages of twenty-one and…
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