Washington Iron Works Co. v. County of King

Citations

• 20 Wash. 150
• 54 P. 1004
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 486

Syllabus

<p>TAXATION—STATE LANDS HELD UNDER CONTRACT OF PURCHASE.</p> <p>A purchaser of state lands, holding the same under an executory contract until certain conditions are complied with, the title meanwhile remaining m the state, must pay the taxes thereon, under Laws 1893, p. 335, § 6, which provides that state, county or municipal lands, held under a contract for the purchase thereof, shall he considered, for all purposes of taxation, as the property of the person so holding the same.</p>