Spokane County v. City of Spokane

By a foreclosure proceeding for nonpayment of county taxes assessed against the property, the title to lots standing in the name of the city of Spokane was acquired by the county of Spokane. An action instituted by the county to quiet its title to that property was resisted by the city on the ground that, being municipally owned, the property was not subject to taxation. The city of Spokane brought an action to cancel the assessment for county taxes levied against all of the other property the city had acquired through foreclosure of local improvement assessments. On the ground that the state…