State ex rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. Clausen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Mitchell, J., entered November 2, 1910, in favor of the defendants, affirming an order of the state board of equalization in fixing the value of relator’s properties for the purpose of taxation.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
The railroad commission law was passed by the legislature at its regular biennial session in 1905. Its primary object was to prevent discrimination and extortion in freight rates, and generally to regulate charges, facilities, and service of railroad companies. Section 12 of the Laws of 1905, page 155, enjoined a duty of ascertaining “the amount of money expended in the construction and equipment per mile of every railway in Washington.” At the same session the legislature passed an act creating a state tax commission (Laws 1905, p. 224, chap. 115; Rem. & Bal. Code, § 9084 et seq.), and…
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