Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. State

On October 13, 1925, the Northern Pacific Railway Company, as plaintiff, filed a complaint in the superior court of Thurston county, in which it named as defendants the state of Washington and some twenty-three of the counties of the state. The counties named are counties through which the respondent’s railway lines extend, and in which it has property subject to taxation. The object and purpose of the action, as stated in the complaint, was to secure a reduction of the assessed value of its property made for the year 1925 for taxation purposes, which property is alleged was excessively…