Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. County of King
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. Error to a judgment of the Supreme Court of Washington which affirmed a judgment of a lower court dismissing the complaint of the Puget Sound Power & Light Company and the cross complaint filed by City of Seattle against its co-defendants, in a suit by the Power & Light Company to enjoin collection of taxes on its street railway property.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
The Puget Sound Power and Light Company owned a street railway, part of which was in Seattle. This part it sold to the City in 1919. In the contract of purchase it was agreed that if when the deed was delivered any lien should have attached to the property for the taxes of 1919, it should not constitute a breach of warranty, and the tax should be paid in amounts proportioned to the parts of the year during which the parties were respectively in possession. The deed was delivered March 31, 1919, and possession then taken. On March 15, 1919, an assessment had been made by the Tax Commissioner…
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