Willapa Electric Co. v. Pacific County

The Willapa Electric Company, as plaintiff, instituted this action in the superior court for Pacific county to enjoin respondents from collecting taxes levied against its street railway property for the years 1926 and 1927, and to compel the county treasurer to accept its tender in full payment of the tax, and to cancel all taxes in excess thereof. The essential facts may be stated as follows:

Plaintiff, a domestic public service corporation, continuously since 1913, has been and still is the owner and operator of a street' railway within and between the cities of South Bend and Raymond,…