Jones v. City of Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is an action by E. K. Jones & Company against the City of Portland, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the nonpayment of a wai-rant issued by the City of Sellwood upon a special fund to be raised by the levy and collection of assessments upon the property benefited by the improvement of Spokane Avenue, in such city.
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From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is an action by E. K. Jones & Company against the City of Portland, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the nonpayment of a wai-rant issued by the City of Sellwood upon a special fund to be raised by the levy and collection of assessments upon the property benefited by the improvement of Spokane Avenue, in such city. The complaint sets out in full the ordinance providing for the improvement, and alleges that a contract was duly let to one George P. Dorris t.o furnish the material and labor required to make such improvement; that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
The record contains several assignments of error, but they are all directed to the questions — First, whether, under the allegations of the complaint, the. plaintiff is confined to proof of negligence in attempting to collect the assessment against the property abutting on Spokane Avenue ; or second, may a recovery be had on the ground that the proceedings are void and of no effect, because of a failure to comply with the provisions of the charter in reference to the improvement of a street, the cost of which was to be assessed against the abutting property?
1. Whatever confusion there may be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Little v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1894
- North Pacific Lumbering & Manufacturing Co. v. East PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1886
- Commercial National Bank v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1893
- Wild v. Oregon Short Line, etc., Ry. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Lieuallen v. MosgroveOregon Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Boyd v. Portland Electric Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1901
- Cederson v. Oregon Navigation Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1900
- Hughes v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Kennedy v. HawkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Morris v. City of SheridanOregon Supreme Court · 1917
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