Southern California Telephone Co. v. County of Los Angeles

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.

Southern California Telephone Company and Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, operating in and around Los Angeles County, brought actions against the county to recover taxes paid under protest. Five actions were brought, in all of which judgments were rendered for the plaintiffs. The essential facts in each case are substantially the same, and the single question of law presented in each is identical. They were accordingly consolidated on appeal and will be considered together in this opinion.

In each of-the…