Strowbridge v. City of Portland

By the Court,

Boise, J.:

This is a proceeding by injunction to restrain the defendants in the collection of certain assessments for the construction of a sewer in Yamhill street, in the city of Portland, and to declare such assessments illegal and void.

The petition alleges in substance that on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1878, the common council of the city of Portland passed a resolution to the effect that notice be given that the council propose to construct a sewer in Yamhill street within specified points and of specified dimensions; “the expense thereof to be assessed upon the property…