State ex rel. Hellar v. Jackson
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court October 9, 1914, for a writ of mandate to the state tax commission to compel an apportionment of certain railroad property for the purposes of taxation.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandate to compel the state board of tax commissioners to apportion for purposes of taxation the equalized value of certain railroads according to the classification of such railroads “in such proportion to the entire value thereof, as the length of the line in each county may bear to the entire length of line within the state.”
There is no dispute upon -the facts. It appears from the record that the Northern Pacific Railway Company owns and operates a double track line of railway from the city of Seattle to the city of Vancouver, in this state. The…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1916