Rabel v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered February 15, 1906, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to restrain a city from enforcing an assessment for local improvements.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Appellants, as lessees from the state of Washington, filed their complaint in equity, asking for a permanent injunction to restrain the respondents from enforcing an assessment levied, or attempted to be levied, by the city of Seattle for municipal improvements alleged to be specially beneficial to the property leased by appellants, and to have said assessment stricken from the rolls. From a judgment in favor of respondents, this appeal is prosecuted. .
On the 3d of October, 1904, the state leased certain state lands to one George James, who thereafter sold and transferred said lease and…
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- Coast Land Co. v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1909
- Ago, Washington Attorney General Reports2003