Nortman v. City of Portland

Plaintiff appeals the dismissal of his action for declaratory and injunctive relief in which he seeks, as a taxpayer, to prevent the claimed illegal expenditure of public funds by the City of Portland (city) for the construction of a covered play area at Chapman School. The motion to dismiss was based, inter alia, on plaintiffs failure to plead ultimate facts sufficient to constitute a claim. Our review is limited to the sufficiency of the complaint. Because we decide that the dismissal for failure to state a claim was correct, we do not reach the other issues presented.

In his complaint,…