Legal Opinion

Childs v. Spokane County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1918No. 14295PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered January 5, 1917, in favor of the plaintiff, upon overruling a demurrer to the complaint, in an action to recover a tax paid.

1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.

Respondent brought this action to recover the sum of $148.16, alleged to have been wrong*65fully collected by the appellant as taxes on property illegally assessed. The complaint alleges in substance that, during tbe year 1883, A. M. Cannon filed in the office of the county auditor a plat of certain lands, now known as Cannon’s addition to the city of Spokane; that the property so platted included" certain lots lying within 200 feet of the center line of the Northern Pacific Eailway Company’s right of way, which were claimed by Cannon as his property; that, among these, was lot 7, in block 50,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Phelps v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Pittock & Leadbetter Lumber Co. v. Skamania CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Connor v. Spokane CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1917

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Robinson v. Kittitas CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1918

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