Beckett v. City of Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. On September 6, 1905, the common council of the City of Portland adopted an ordinance for the construction of a sewer from the foot of Hancock street to the intersection of Fourteenth and Failing streets, and provided that the cost thereof should be assessed upon the property specially and peculiarly benefited thereby, which was declared to be all lots, parts of lots, and parcels of land lying within a…
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From Multnomah: John B. Cleland, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. On September 6, 1905, the common council of the City of Portland adopted an ordinance for the construction of a sewer from the foot of Hancock street to the intersection of Fourteenth and Failing streets, and provided that the cost thereof should be assessed upon the property specially and peculiarly benefited thereby, which was declared to be all lots, parts of lots, and parcels of land lying within a certain district, the boundaries described and established by the ordinance. The sewer was' constructed accordingly, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. No question is made as to the regularity of the proceedings of the municipality in establishing the sewer and making the assessment therefor. The plaintiffs object to the validity of the assessment against their property, because (1) it is so situated it cannot be benefited by the sewer, and (2) that it is nonabutting property and no laterals have been laid to it. By the charter of' the City of Portland, the council is authorized and empowered, whenever it may deem that the public health, interest, or convenience may require, to order to be constructed and laid all sewers and drains, to…
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