Griffa v. Monmouth
Oregon Supreme Court
From Polk: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Department 2. This is a suit brought to enjoin special street assessments made by the defendant city against the property of plaintiffs, the grounds of the controversy being as follows: The common council of the ¡town of Monmouth, Oregon, a municipal corporation, improved the portion of the thoroughfare in said town, termed “Main Street,” from the west line of Monmouth Avenue to the east line of Broad Street, by grading and hard-surfacing the…
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From Polk: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Department 2. This is a suit brought to enjoin special street assessments made by the defendant city against the property of plaintiffs, the grounds of the controversy being as follows: The common council of the ¡town of Monmouth, Oregon, a municipal corporation, improved the portion of the thoroughfare in said town, termed “Main Street,” from the west line of Monmouth Avenue to the east line of Broad Street, by grading and hard-surfacing the same, building concrete curb lines and installing a system of storm sewers, and attempted to assess each lot or tract…
1Opinion of the CourtMcBRIDE, C. J.
From the above statement, which is taken largely from appellant’s brief, it will be seen that the only question to be decided is whether or not the thoroughfare known as “Main Street” is a county road or a city street. If it is a county road the appellants must prevail. If it is a city street, appellants concede that the decree of the Circuit Court must be affirmed.
*436By an act approved February 6, 1899 (Gen. Laws 1899, p. 472), a new charter was granted to the City of Monmouth, whereby it was granted, among other things, the authority “to grade, pave, macadamize, plank or otherwise improve,…
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