Joyce v. City of Portland

Plaintiffs, owners of land situated in the city of Portland, filed complaints seeking (1) declaratory judgments, (2) judicial review, and (3) in the alternative, damages, in response to a zone change affecting their property initiated by defendant city. The circuit court sustained defendants’ demurrers to plaintiffs’ alternative claims for damages on the grounds that they did not state sufficient facts to constitute causes of action, overruled defendants’ demurrers predicated upon misjoinder of actions, and treated the cases as before it upon writs of review. It then affirmed the validity of…