Legal Opinion
Northern Pacific Ry. Co. v. John Day Irrigation District
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided January 2, 1923PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The defendants filed demurrers to the first cause of suit, and the court’s ruling thereon is *147assigned as error. The plaintiffs contend that the Irrigation District Law, Act of 1917, Chapter 357, and especially Section 24 thereof (Or. L., §7328), violates Section 1 of Article IX of the Constitution of Oregon, because it “prevents an assessment in proportion to benefits”; that the act is in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the same reason; that—
“The particular assessment in controversy is in violation of both of said constitutional provisions…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Fong Yue Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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3Cited by16 opinions
- County of Fresno v. MalmstromCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
- Garbade and Boynton v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1950
- Dennehy v. Department of RevenueOregon Supreme Court · 1988
- Re Harper Irrigation DistrictOregon Supreme Court · 1923
- Wing v. City of EugeneOregon Supreme Court · 1968
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