National Fire Alarm Co. v. City of Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John S. Coke, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by the National Automatic Fire Alarm Company of Oregon against the City of Portland, a municipal corporation, David Campbell, and Charles A. Savarian. The facts are as follows: The plaintiff corporation is the owner and operator of an electric contrivance designed to furnish private parties with a means of giving alarms of fire as an adjunct to the general alarm system of cities.
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From Multnomah: John S. Coke, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by the National Automatic Fire Alarm Company of Oregon against the City of Portland, a municipal corporation, David Campbell, and Charles A. Savarian. The facts are as follows: The plaintiff corporation is the owner and operator of an electric contrivance designed to furnish private parties with a means of giving alarms of fire as an adjunct to the general alarm system of cities. Desiring to attach its device to the electric fire alarm apparatus of the city of Portland, the plaintiff, on August 9, 1902,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The principal question to be determined is whether the acts hereinbefore related amount to a license in favor of the plaintiff which the courts should sustain by perpetual injunction. It is contended on behalf of the plaintiff that it relied -upon the action of the board of fire commissioners and in pursuance thereof expended large sums of money amounting to upwards of $15,000 in the prosecution of its business and the installation of its system, and that on account of this it acquired a license which is irrevocable and cannot be disturbed by any action of the city.
It is beyond question that…
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