Lakeside Country Day School v. King County

This action was brought by the appellant, Lakeside Country Day School, to set aside the tax levied by the respondent King county on its campus in the years 1931 and 1932. The appellant is organized under chapter 158, Laws of 1895, p. 400 (Rem. Rev. Stat,, § 3872 [P. C. § 4619], et seq.), for the sole-purpose of conducting a school for boys. The school is supported in part by gifts and an endowment, and in part by tuition fees. Tbe entire income is devoted to the purposes of the school, and it is open to persons upon equal terms.

The action involves the proper application of the fifth…