Sherrett v. Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. This is a suit by D. T. Sherrett, F. W. Trappe, Oscar Downing, Dan J. McGill and J. K. Lucas against the City of Portland and the Consolidated Contract Company, a corporation, to enjoin the collection of a betterment assessment.
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From Multnomah: George N. Davis, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. This is a suit by D. T. Sherrett, F. W. Trappe, Oscar Downing, Dan J. McGill and J. K. Lucas against the City of Portland and the Consolidated Contract Company, a corporation, to enjoin the collection of a betterment assessment. The city council on December 4, 1910, adopted a resolution requiring the engineer to prepare plans and specifications, together with estimates, for an appropriate improvement of Milwaukee Street from the north line of Holgate Street to the north line of Nehalem Avenue, by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris
The validity of the proceedings was challenged on the ground that notices had not been posted at the termini of the proposed improvement; but the evidence *454shows that notices were posted in full compliance with the charter. It was asserted in the complaint that the papers in which the notices were published were not newspapers within the meaning of Sections 376, 379, of the charter, which direct that the notices shall be published in the “city official newspaper”; and the complaint further alleged that the filing of a remonstrance barred any further proceedings in the making of the…
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