Legal Opinion
Port Angeles Western R. Co. v. Clallam County, Wash.
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided May 6, 1927PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The writer, in United States v. Clallam County (D. C.) 283 P. 645, held that the railroad in issue was constructed as an instrumentality of the government as a war necessity, and under section 4, subd. 2, Enabling Act, and article 26 of the Constitution of Washington, no taxes could be lawfully assessed. This was affirmed by the Supreme Court. 263 U. S. 341, 44 S. Ct. 121, 68 L. Ed. 328.
The bill alleges title to the railroad to be vested in the United States Spruce Production Corporation, and that the plaintiff bears the same relation as though the contract…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Dows v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Cummings v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Gillespie v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Clallam County v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Port Angeles Western R. v. Clallam CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
- Ellis v. Dixie Highway Special Road & Bridge DistrictSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- Hess v. MullaneyDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1950
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- Port Angeles Western R. Co. v. Clallam County, Wash.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1927
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