Legal Opinion

Doty Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Lewis County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 10, 1910No. 9005PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from judgments of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered December 10, 1909, in favor of the defendants, after a hearing on the merits before the court without a jury, dismissing actions to enjoin the collection of taxes.

1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.

These are consolidated causes, tendering certain sums as taxes, and seeking injunctive relief as to all taxes in excess of the sums tendered. The charge in each of the bills is that the board of equalization, in pursuance of a fraudulent scheme on the part of the county commissioners, raised the assessment against the timber lands of the several plaintiffs. After issue joined and a full hearing on the merits, the court found that the charge of fraud had no foundation in fact or law, and dismissed the bills. The plaintiffs have appealed.

It appeal’s from the record that in April, 1907, the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. People v. McCreeryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Coulter v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. State ex rel. Wolfe v. ParmenterWashington Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Templeton v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Mercantile Nat. Bank v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1902

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Bunten v. Rock Springs Grazing Ass'nWyoming Supreme Court · 1923
  2. City of Tampa v. PalmerSupreme Court of Florida · 1925
  3. State ex rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  4. Rogan v. Commrs. of Calvert CountyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1950
  5. Boonville National Bank v. SchlotzhauerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1927

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