Vancouver Water Works Co. v. Clarke County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, Linn, J., entered May 25, 1908, upon findings in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to obtain a reduction of taxes assessed against a water works system.
1Per curiam
The appellant owns and operates a system of water works with which it supplies the city of Vancouver, Washington, and the inhabitants thereof, with water. During the year 1905-6, its property was assessed at a rate which it deemed greater proportionally than that at which surrounding, contiguous, and like property in Clarke county was assessed. It appeared before the board of equalization and protested against the assessment, but succeeded in securing only a partial reduction. It thereupon began the present action in the superior court of Clarke county to secure a further reduction. Judgment…
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