State ex rel. City of Seattle v. Carson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

This is a cause just heard upon a special assignment, and the necessity for an immediate decision prevents an elaborate discussion of the questions involved, and a full review of the authorities. It is contended by appellant that an act of the recent legislative assembly, approved March 9, 1893, entitled “An act to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes of cities of the first class, and specifying the duties of certain county officers in regard thereto, and declaring an emergency, ’’ (Laws 1893, p. 167) is without effect for the…