Raz v. City of Portland

This is a suit in which plaintiffs seek a judicial declaration that assessments against their properties for sewer improvements are unconstitutional and void. Plaintiffs’ claim is that the assessments against their properties are arbitrary and unreasonable and as such deny them due process of law under the Fourteenth Amendment to the IJ. S. Constitution. Plaintiffs also pray for a re-assessment of the charge against their properties for these improvements. The trial court held that the assessment was valid and entered a decree in favor of defendants. Plaintiffs appeal from that decree.

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