SKAGIT COUNTY v. NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO.

Nos. 6870, 6871.

61 F.2d 638 (1932)

SKAGIT COUNTY et al. v. NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO. KITTITAS COUNTY v. SAME.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 7, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John A. Homer and John W. Brisky, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellant Skagit County.

R. G. Sharpe, of Seattle, Wash., and Ole Sandvig, of Yakima, Wash., for appellants Whitney and others.

R. G. Sharpe, of Seattle, Wash., and Spencer D. Short, of Ellensburg, Wash., for appellant Kittitas County.

D. F. Lyons, of St. Paul, Minn., and L. B. Da Ponte and T. H. Maguire, both of Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Robert M. Burgunder, Pros. Atty., and Harry A. Rhodes (of Colvin & Rhodes), both of Seattle, Wash., for amicus curiæ King County.

F. M. Dudley, of Seattle, Wash., for amicus curiæ Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R. Co.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The counties of Skagit and Kittitas, of the state of Washington, and the county treasurer, sheriff, and prosecuting attorney of Skagit county, appeal from a temporary injunction made and entered, enjoining twenty-three counties and their respective county officers, including appellants, from collecting certain taxes levied upon the personal property of the appellee Northern Pacific Railway Company for the years 1927, 1928, and 1929. The appellee...

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