Hoffarber v. Gleason

This is a suit to enjoin the County Commissioners of Multnomah County, and the County Roadmaster, from widening a county road. A part of plaintiff’s land had been taken for that purpose. She complains that she did not receive adequate notice of the proceedings which took her property and that they were void. The trial court sustained her plea. The county appeals.

It is acknowledged that the county followed the statutory procedure for the condemnation. The statutes, beginning with ORS 368.405, permit the commissioners to initiate the proceeding by a resolution of its intention to widen the…