First Thought Gold Mines, Ltd. v. Stevens County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Stevens county, Jackson, J., entered October 2, 1914, in favor of the defendant, in an action for equitable relief, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
Action to cancel and set aside the assessed valuations placed upon plaintiff’s gold and silver mining properties for the years 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912, to require defendant county to accept an equitable amount as taxes for those years, and to cancel all tax liens and certificates against the property.
Plaintiff is the owner of 141.7 acres of mineral land, in Stevens county, having purchased the same in 1899 for between $25,000 and $30,000. From that time until 1906, it developed the property by digging tunnels, etc., and in the latter year began shipping ore to the smelters. The ore assayed…
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