Temple v. Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert Gr. Morrow, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. Alfred O. Temple and 62 other property owners commenced this suit for the purpose of enjoining the authorities of the City of Portland from levying or collecting assessments to pay for a street improvement.
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From Multnomah: Robert Gr. Morrow, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. Alfred O. Temple and 62 other property owners commenced this suit for the purpose of enjoining the authorities of the City of Portland from levying or collecting assessments to pay for a street improvement. On October 14, 1909, 6 of the plaintiffs herein and 12 others filed a petition for the improvement of Lombard Street, from the west line of Westanna Street to the east line of Wabash Avenue, in the City of Portland, by grading the street to the established grade and paving with Hassam pavement “in conformity with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris
1. The plaintiffs argue that the acts of the city were void, because the council in advance selected Hassam as the kind of pavement to be laid, thereby eliminat*563ing the possibility of competition. It has already been determined that there can be no objection to specifying a patented pavement, where the patentee offers to all bidders alike the right to make use of the patented article upon reasonable terms: Johns v. City of Pendleton, 66 Or. 182 (133 Pac. 817, 134 Pac. 312, Ann. Cas. 1915B, 454, 46 L. R. A. (N. S.) 990); Sherrett v. City of Portland, 75 Or. 449 (147 Pac. 386). Hitherto it has…
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