MAHLER v. TREMPER

No. 31898.

40 Wn.2d 405 (1952)

243 P.2d 627

JAMES H. MAHLER, Appellant, v. A.A. TREMPER, as Treasurer of King County et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc..

April 24, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peyser, Cartano, Botzer & Chapman, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll and Samuel C. Rutherford, for respondents.

The Attorney General and Lyle L. Iversen, Assistant, for the validity of the legislative act.


FINLEY, J.

James H. Mahler, engaged in the real-estate business in Seattle, Washington, instituted this lawsuit in King county superior court. He questions, on several grounds, the constitutionality of the 1951 tax on real-estate sales, or transactions (Laws of 1951, (1st) Ex. Ses. chapter 11, p. 108, hereinafter referred to as chapter 11). The action was brought under the declaratory judgment act. Mr. Mahler asked for injunctive...

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