Puget Realty Co. v. King County

Citations

• 50 Wash. 349
• 97 P. 226
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 732

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — Assessments— Excessiveness — Relief From — Mistake. The courts will grant relief from an excessive assessment, and require repayment of the tax, where it appears that 12.22 acres was by mistake assessed as 22.22 acres at the same rate per acre as adjacent property, making the assessment $13,000 in excess of what it would have been if the assessor had known the area; nor is it necessary to relief that appeal be made to the board of equalization where the mistake was not discovered until after payment of the tax.</p>