Terwilliger Land Co. v. City of Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a suit by the Terwilliger Land Company against the City' of Portland, the Oregon Hassam Paving Company, a corporation, and The Title Guaranty & Surety Company, a corporation. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and from a decree entered dismissing the suit plaintiff appeals.
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a suit by the Terwilliger Land Company against the City' of Portland, the Oregon Hassam Paving Company, a corporation, and The Title Guaranty & Surety Company, a corporation. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and from a decree entered dismissing the suit plaintiff appeals. The Title Guaranty & Surety Company, being surety on the bonds given by the paving company, was made defendant. The suit involves the validity of 13 contracts for street improvements in the city of Portland; the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
The charter of the city of Portland (Section 379) requires that such contracts shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder for either the whole of the improvement, or such part as will not materially conflict with *106the completion of the remainder. It is contended by counsel for plaintiff that it is shown by the complaint that the contracts in question were let to the Oregon Hassam Paving Company in violation of the above provisions of the charter, without competition, under circumstances creating a monopoly in favor of that company, and therefore void; that by designating the entire…
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