Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Board of County Commissioners
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Holden, J., entered May 27, 1918, dismissing an action to restrain the collection of an assessment, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff railway commenced this action in the superior court for Yakima county, seeking the cancellation, and enjoining the collection, of a special assessment tax levied upon six and one-half miles of the right of way of the Sunnyside division or branch line of its railway, situated in drainage district No. 2, of Yakima county, to aid in the payment of the cost of the construction of drains in that district; the railway company having tendered to the county treasurer a sum which it claims is sufficient to pay an assessment lawfully chargeable to it, measured by the benefits of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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