
    [No. 13937.
    
      En Banc.
    
    March 4, 1918.]
    Northwestern Improvement Company et al., Appellants, v. Pierce County, Respondent.
    
    Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court for Pierce county, Albertson, J., entered September 18, 1916, upon findings in favor of tbe defendant, in consolidated actions to recover money paid and to secure tbe reduction of taxes, tried to tbe court.
    Affirmed.
    
      Geo. T. Reid, J. W. Quich, L. B. da Ponte, C. A. Murray, and 3. S. Griggs, for appellants.
    
      Fred G. Remann, Harry E. Phelps, and A. B. Bell, f,or respondent.
    
      
      Reported in 171 Pac. 60.
    
   On Rehearing.

Per Curiam.

Upon a rehearing En Bane, a majority of tbe court still adhere to tbe opinion heretofore filed herein as reported in 97 Wash. 528, 167 Pac. 33, and for tbe reasons there stated, tbe judgment is affirmed.  