Legal Opinion

National Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. Chehalis County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 4, 1915No. 12645PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered February 4, 1915, upon findings in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action to secure the reduction of a tax, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Main,. J.

The plaintiff brought this action for the purpose of securing a reduction of the amount of a tax levied upon certain personal property owned by it, and restraining the county and its officers from collecting more than the *484amount which had been tendered in full payment. This is one of nine cases brought for the same purpose. The other eight were prosecuted by different mill owners. After a trial upon the merits, the action was dismissed. From this judgment, the plaintiff appeals.

The facts are substantially as follows: The appellant, during the year 1913, and for some years prior…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Templeton v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. Spokane CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  4. San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. Stanislaus CountyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1911

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Ozette Railway Co. v. Grays Harbor CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Adams County v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
  3. Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Hillman's Snohomish County Land & Railroad v. County of SnohomishWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Bank of Fairfield v. Spokane CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1933

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