Patterson v. Ashland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Jackson: Frank M. Calkins, Judge. Department 2. The plaintiff appeals from a decree dismissing her complaint in a suit brought for the purpose of annulling a street assessment.
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From Jackson: Frank M. Calkins, Judge. Department 2. The plaintiff appeals from a decree dismissing her complaint in a suit brought for the purpose of annulling a street assessment. The facts material to the issues herein are admitted by the. pleadings or stipulated as follows: What is known as Main Street in the City of Ashland, Oregon, and designated as North Main Street and East Main Street, was duly laid out as a county road more than fifty years ago, and was formerly known as the Oregon and Cali-forma Wagon Road. The City of Ashland was incorporated by an act of the legislature in 1889…
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
Plaintiff contends that the thoroughfare improved by the city is not subject to the jurisdiction of the city, but is a county road. Defendants maintain that the highway in question is a city street, and that plaintiff is estopped to deny the right of the defendants in making the improvement and assessment by reason of his having made application for an extension of time for payment under the Bancroft Act.
*2361. The provisions of the city charter enacted by the legislature in 1898, which bear on the case, are as follows:
“Article XVII. Section 1. The territory within the limits of the City of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Colby v. City of MedfordOregon Supreme Court · 1917
- Wagoner v. City of La GrandeOregon Supreme Court · 1918
- Bowers v. NeilOregon Supreme Court · 1912
- Cole v. SeasideOregon Supreme Court · 1916
- Heiple v. City of East PortLandOregon Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Dent v. Oregon CityOregon Supreme Court · 1923
- PAGET ET UX v. City of PendletonOregon Supreme Court · 1959
- State Ex Rel. First National Bank v. MelvilleOregon Supreme Court · 1935
- White v. AshlandOregon Supreme Court · 1920