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King County v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1922No. 3851PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
This suit was brought to enjoin the collection of taxes levied in the years 1919 and 1921, by the officers of King county, Wash., upon shipyard property in that county purchased by the plaintiff, United _States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, on November 21, 1918. Holding in effect that the property belonged to the United States, and was therefore exempt from taxation, the court below overruled the defendants’ motion to dismiss, and, upon their declination to plead further, entered a decree adjudging the taxes void and enjoining proceedings to collect. The…
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