Terry v. Multnomah County

Plaintiff, as a taxpayer, brought this suit for a decree declaring the purchase by defendant Mult-nomah County of a golf course owned by defendant Portland Adventist Hospital to be void as in violation of the $5,000 debt limitation imposed by Art XI, § 10, of the Oregon Constitution. After motions for summary judgment by both parties, the trial court entered a judgment and decree dismissing the complaint. That judgment and decree was reversed by the Court of Appeals. 27 Or App 15, 554 P2d 1017 (1976).

We granted defendants’ petitions for review because of our concern whether that court was…