Purcell v. City of Portland

This is an action at law in contract alleging that Multnomah County and the City of Portland agreed to pay plaintiff certain contingent supplemental pension benefits as part of his compensation as Director of Public Safety for the county.1 The case was tried to the court and judgment was entered against the county for $15,752, together with a declaration that defendant pay plaintiff future supplemental benefits in the amount of $492.27 per month. The trial court dismissed the action against the city. The county appeals.

The county makes several assignments of error which can be summarized as…