Legal Opinion
Pearson v. Twohy Bros.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1924PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
For many years the defendant, Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, has owned and operatéd a railroad running easterly out of the City of Portland in Sullivan’s Gulch. When the scheme of improvement here involved was inaugurated, several streets crossed the railroad tracks at grade. The City of Portland is a municipal corporation, the legal voters residing in which'have authority to make or amend its charter, where formerly such instrument was enacted by the legislative assembly of the state. In other words, within the scope of municipal government it is practically an autonomy.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Holden v. HardySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Denver & Rio Grande R. Co. v. City and County of DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Artman v. RayOregon Supreme Court · 1972
- Morris v. City of SalemOregon Supreme Court · 1946
- Kershaw v. City of WillaminaOregon Supreme Court · 1926
- City of Austin v. DeatsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
- Connersville Hydraulic Co. v. City of ConnersvilleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1930
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