Smith Securities Co. v. Multnomah County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George W. Stapleton, Judge. Department 2. In 1911 and 1912 the R. R. Thompson Estate Company, one of the plaintiffs herein, constructed the Multnomah Hotel on block 44 in the City of Portland, at a cost of something more than a million dollars.
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From Multnomah: George W. Stapleton, Judge. Department 2. In 1911 and 1912 the R. R. Thompson Estate Company, one of the plaintiffs herein, constructed the Multnomah Hotel on block 44 in the City of Portland, at a cost of something more than a million dollars. On March 1,1916, on a basis of 75 per cent of its cash value, the land was assessed at $360,000 and the building at $335,000, making a total of $695,000. On August 25, 1916, the property was sold to the plaintiff Smith Securities Company for $575.000, under an agreement that the taxes should be prorated between the grantor and- the…
1Opinion
Petition for Rehearing.
(194 Pac. 428.)
On petition for rehearing. Petition Denied.
Mr. Walter H. Evans, District Attorney, and Mr. Samuel H. Pierce, Deputy District Attorney, for the petition.
Mr. Robert Krims and Mr. A. P. Dodson, contra.
JOHNS, J.
In the former opinion and on its own motion the court dismissed this case for want of jurisdiction. In its petition for a rehearing, appellant county contends:
“That the jurisdiction of this court in the present case may be sustained on three grounds: (1) That the Supreme Court is vested, by the provisions of the Constitution, with authority to revise…
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- Weyerhaeuser Land Co. v. Board of EqualizationOregon Supreme Court · 1917
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Clatsop CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1915
- Mitchell v. PowersOregon Supreme Court · 1888
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