Knapp v. King County

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

This action was brought to restrain the appellant Beman, as auditor, and appellant Maple, as treasurer, of King county from registering and collecting the taxes assessed during the years 1893 and 1894 against certain lots belonging to respondent located in the town site of Huron, on the ground that the assessments were arbitrarily made without any regard for the actual, true and fair value of the property, and greatly in excess of such yalue, etc.

The property was assessed for the year 1893 at twenty dollars per lot and for 1894 at ton dollars…