State ex rel. State Reclamation Board v. Clausen
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court November 4, 1919, for a writ of mandamus to compel the state auditor to issue a warrant to relator in payment for land purchased by the state reclamation board under the land settlement act.
1DissentMackintosh, J.
(dissenting)—As I gather the gist of my brother Parker’s opinion, it is that the court will not declare unconstitutional an act which calls for the collection of taxes to be'used in the purchase and improvement of lands to be sold to private individuals, for the reason that the legislature has decided that such taxation is for a public purpose. . Courts have found ¡this an easy way to justify the laying of taxes to be utilized in ways that appeal to them as beneficial or agreeable to their ideas of proper commercial or economic development. The purpose of the act may be highly commendable,…
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