Allen v. City of Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah : Alfred F. Sears Jr., Judge. This is a suit by Andrew Allen and others to restrain the City of Portland and its Chief of Police from selling certain real property for the payment of the assessments for the improvement of Sixth Street in said city. The objections raised to the validity of the respective assessments are set forth in the second paragraph of the opinion.
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From Multnomah : Alfred F. Sears Jr., Judge. This is a suit by Andrew Allen and others to restrain the City of Portland and its Chief of Police from selling certain real property for the payment of the assessments for the improvement of Sixth Street in said city. The objections raised to the validity of the respective assessments are set forth in the second paragraph of the opinion. The cause being at issue, was referred to John B. Cleland, Esq., who reported findings of fact and conclusions of law, which were affirmed by the trial judge, whereupon plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Wolverton
delivered the opinion.
1. This is a suit to restrain the City of Portland from collecting an assessment levied upon abutting property to defray the expenses of an improvement of Sixth Street, in said city. The city charter provides that the Common Council of the City of Portland has power and is authorized, whenever it is deemed expedient, to improve any street or part thereof, bu^ that no such improvement shall be undertaken without ten days’ notice thereof being first given by publication in some daily newspaper published in the city, and that no such notice shall…
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