Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. State
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Mitchell, J., entered September 10, 1914, dismissing an action to recover taxes paid under protest, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This action was commenced in the superior court for Thurston county by the Northern Pacific Railway Company against the state of Washington and the counties through which the company’s lines of railway are maintained, seeking to compel the acceptance by the several county treasurers, in full payment of the general tax payable by the railway company for the year 1913, sums computed upon a less valuation of its property than that which was assessed by the state board of tax commissioners and equalized by the state board of equalization as the value of such property for purposes of taxation for…
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