City of Reedsport v. HUBBARD ET UX.

This is a suit for strict foreclosure of a contract for the sale of real property, brought by the city of Reedsport, a municipal corporation, as plaintiff, against Russell J. Hubbard and Eva K. Hubbard, his wife, as defendants. Decree was entered in favor of plaintiff; defendants appeal.

On May 6, 1941, plaintiff entered into a written contract to convey certain river frontage and sawmill site property within the city limits of Reedsport, in Douglas county, Oregon, to the defendant Russell J. Hubbard. The city had acquired title to this property by virtue of a conveyance from the county of…