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STATE v. HI-LO FOODS, INC.

No. 36230.

62 Wn.2d 534 (1963)

383 P.2d 910

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. HI-LO FOODS, INC. et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, John W. Riley, Chief Assistant, and Henry W. Wager, Assistant, for appellant.

Lester Seinfeld, for respondent.

Croson, Johnson & Wheelon, amicus curiae.

HALE, J.

The trial court held a tax lien priority statute to be discriminatory and, therefore, unconstitutional. The state appeals.

Hi-Lo Foods, Inc., a corporation operating a general grocery store in Tacoma, Washington, took steps to placate its creditors and avert insolvency proceedings by giving a mortgage for the security and benefit of its creditors. This mortgage, executed May 18, 1956, and delivered to the Tacoma Association of Credit Men, Inc., as...

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