State ex rel. Godfrey v. Turner
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior cmirt for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered April 28, 1920, upon sustaining a demurrer to the petition, dismissing an action for a writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
The city of Tacoma, a city of the first class, delivered to the respondent for collection tax books, duly extended, by which there was levied a total tax on the property of the relator in the sum of *215$45.98, for the year 1919. The relator tendered to the respondent, as county treasurer of Pierce county, the sum of $40.74, as full payment for such taxes, and demanded receipt in full therefor, which tender and demand were refused. The relator claims that $5.24 of such taxes were illegal for the reason that the city had levied a tax at the rate of 23.2 mills, whereas the lawful levy should have…
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