State v. Carbon Hill Coal Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J. —

This is an action brought by the state to recover of respondent the four mill license tax levied upon everyton of coal mined and used by it under the act of 1883. The complaint alleges that defendant is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the State of Washington; that on February 2,1888, it was the owner and operator of certain coal mines in Pierce county, known as Carbon Hill mines, and sold and used from said mines from the 2d day of February, 1888, to June 30, 1890, a large quantity of coal, aggregating 490,044…