Linn & Lane Timber Co. v. Linn County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Linn: William Galloway, Judge. This is a suit by the Linn & Lane Timber Company, a corporation, against the County of Linn, and D. S. Smith, as sheriff of the County of Linn. The facts are fully set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
This is a suit to restrain the defendant county and its sheriff from any attempt to enforce collection of a special road tax, the levy of which is said to have been attempted by some of the taxpayers of road district 23, in Linn County, upon plaintiff’s real property situated therein, and to procure a cancellation of the attempted levy and the extension thereof on the county tax-rolls, on ground that the same constitute a cloud upon plaintiff’s title to the realty involved.
The proceedings in question appear to have been conducted under Section 6321, L. O. L., reading thus:
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