Puget Sound Nat. Bank of Seattle v. King County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
This was a suit by the Puget Sound National Bank of Seattle against King county and others for an injunction to restrain the col-leciion of taxes upon Ihe stock of file complainant under an assessment against the bank, as agent for its shareholders, for the year 1891. A demurrer to the bill was overruled (57 Fed. 433), and an answer was filed. Complainant' filed exceptions to the answer.
1Opinion of the Court
HAXFORD, District Judge.
A demurrer to the complainant’s bill haring been overruled in accordance with the opinion heretofore rendered in this case (57 Fed. 433), the defendant has answered, denying the equities of the bill, and also setting forth in detail the assessment and levy of the taxes sought to be collected, and the issuance of a warrant to the county treasurer, annexed to the assessment roll, in which tin» complainant is assessed upon its. stock as agent for its several shareholders. To said answer the complainant has filed exceptions for alleged insufficiency.
Since the commencement…
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