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Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. Spokane County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 21, 1913No. 10703PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for Spolcane county, Sullivan, J., entered June 3, 1912, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action to enjoin the collection of a tax.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

The plaintiff seeks to have the valuation placed upon its operating property, by the state board of tax commissioners and the state board of equalization in the year 1911 decreed to be unwarranted, arbitrary and illegal in amount; to have the county treasurer of Spokane county enjoined from collecting taxes due Spokane county computed upon the value so placed upon its operating property; and to compel the county treasurer to accept payment of its taxes due Spokane county computed upon a less valuation, which it alleges to be the value of its operating property in Spokane comity. The superior…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Andrews v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1890
  2. State ex rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Templeton v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Metropolitan Building Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Ransom v. City of PierreCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Enron Corp. v. Spring Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Lejeune v. Clallam CountyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1992
  3. Consumers Power Co. v. Big Prairie TownshipMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. Ozette Railway Co. v. Grays Harbor CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Adams County v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940

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