PAGET ET UX v. City of Pendleton

The plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendant city of Pendleton from foreclosing a water line extension lien arising out of an assessment made by the defendant against property in the Montee Addition to the city of Pendleton.

In 1955 Mr. William F. Brenner, a contractor and builder, was in the process of developing the Montee Addition which had just been platted, and which consisted of 127 lots. He requested the Pendleton city council to cooperate with him in working out an arrangement by which the Addition could be furnished with water through an extension of the defendant’s water system. As a…