Legal Opinion

Metropolitan Building Co. v. King County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 19, 1911No. 9492PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered February 8, 1911, reducing an assessment on a leasehold, upon a review on certiorari of the proceedings of the board of equalization.

1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.

cause in the issues and principles involved is similar to that of Metropolitan Building Co. v. King County, 62 Wash. 409, 113 Pac. 1114, between the same parties and upon the same leasehold. In the former action the assessed valuation for 1909 was under consideration, and the judgment of the superior court reducing it from $480,000 to $96,000 was affirmed. For the subsequent year of 1910, the county assessor placed an actual valuation of $1,800,000 on the lease, and as other property was> assessed at forty-five per cent of its true value, returned an assessed valuation of $810,000. The…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Building Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Moeller v. GormleyWashington Supreme Court · 1906

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Moses Lake Homes, Inc. v. Grant CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Duwamish Warehouse Co. v. HoppeWashington Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Pier 67, Inc. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1970
  4. Pier 67, Inc. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Metropolitan Building Co. v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1913

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