Kroner v. City of Portland

McBRIDE, C. J.,

Dissenting.—It is not my custom to write extended dissenting opinions but the case at bar is so important and the consequences of the reversal of the decree of the court below would be so far reaching, I do not feel that I will be justified in permitting the prevailing opinion to pass without comment. I am frank to admit that the theory of the majority is supported by many reputable authorities, and perhaps by a majority in number of the later authorities, who seem to be much taken with the prevailing idea in regard to the “city beautiful” as contradistinguished from the…