Templeton v. Pierce County

This is an action in which it is alleged that certain property known as the “Meeker Homestead,” in Puyallup, Pierce county, was listed on the tax rolls of Pierce county for the year 1894 at $10,240, being $5,240 in excess of its true value; for the years 1895 and 1896 at $10,500, being $5,500 in excess of its true value; for the years 1897 and 1898 at $8,700, being $3,700 in excess of its true value. The valuation is alleged to have been made by the assessor. There was no application to the board of *378equalization for a reduction of the assessment. Tender of the amount of taxes claimed to he…