Portland v. Gaston
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah County. Action by the City of Portland against Mary Gaston to open a street. From a judgment fixing the amount of damages, defendant appeals. Plaintiff moves to dismiss the appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bean
This is a motion to dismiss an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court rendered on an appeal from the action of the Common Council of the City of Portland in the matter of the assessment of damages suffered by the defendant in consequence of the laying out and establishment of Main Street through her premises. The charter of the city (Laws 1898, p. 146), after conferring upon the council power and authority to establish and open streets, and prescribing in detail the method of procedure, provides that the owner or owners of any lot or part thereof sought to be appropriated may, within…
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