Silas Mason Co. v. Tax Commission of Washington

These suits were brought to restrain the enforcement of the Occupation Tax Act of the State of Washington (Laws of 1933, c. 191, p. 869; Spec. Sess., 1933, c. 57, p. 157 1 ) as applied to the gross income received by appellants under contracts with the United States for work performed in connection with the building of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River. 2 The Supreme Court of the State sustained the tax and affirmed judgments dismissing the suits. Silas Mason Co. v. State Tax Comm’n, 188 Wash. 98; 61 P. (2d) 1269; Ryan v. State, 188 Wash. 115; 61 P. (2d) 1276. The cases come here on…