State ex rel. Chamberlin v. Daniel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This was a proceeding by the respondents in the court below for a writ of prohibition against the appellant, as the assessor of Spokane county, prohibiting him from allowing the exemptions provided for in subds. 6 and 8 of § 5 of the revenue law passed by the last legislature. These provisions of the law exempt each person liable to assessment from taxation on personal property to an amount not exceeding $500, and, also, improvements upon land of each person liable to assessment to an amount not exceeding $500. It is contended that these…