Wetmore v. Multnomah County

By the Court, McArthur, J. :

Appellant appeared before the board of equalization of Multnomah county in June, 1877, and objected and protested against indebtedness within the state being deducted from the gross value of the property of certain persons whose names appeared upon the assessment roll. She declared that she was a taxpayer, and urged that the assessment was not equal and uniform, by reason of said deductions of indebtedness being allowed, and therefore was unconstitutional. The board overruled the objections, and allowed the roll to stand as returned by the assessor. After-wards,…