State Ex Rel. First National Bank v. Melville

Argued on the merits January 21, 1935

ON THE MERITS

(41 P.2d 1071)

This is a proceeding instituted in this court in which the petitioners, who describe themselves as owners of bonds issued by the city of La Grande, a municipal corporation, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 56-2001 to 56-2011, Oregon Code 1930 (Bancroft Bonding Act), pray for a writ of mandamus directed to the defendants who are the city commissioners of that municipality, commanding them to levy a tax upon all real property within the municipality in an amount sufficient to enable the city to discharge the defaulted interest upon…