Commercial Electric Light & Power Co. v. Judson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce County. — -Hon. Thomas Carroll, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reavis, J.
Action by plaintiff, a private corporation, against defendants, to recover the sum of $553.99, claimed to have been illegally exacted for taxes upon the property of plaintiff for the year 1897, which taxes were paid under protest after seizure of property under a tax warrant. Plaintiff alleges two sums were illegally exacted, — one a tax of $132.50 on the franchise of the corporation; and an excessive tax of $421.49, arising from over assessment of plaintiff’s personal property, without any opportunity for a hearing having been given before…
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