Hawthorne v. City of East Portland

This is a suit brought by the respondents against the appellants to enjoin the appellants from selling certain city lots owned by them in the said city of East Portland, by virtue of a street assessment which had been levied thereon for the improvement of L Street, in said city; the respondents claiming that the assessment was illegal, upon the grounds that the requirements of the city charter had not been complied with in the improvement of said street, and that it had before been improved, and by the provisions of the charter was not subject to be again improved.

The charter of said city…