Port of Siuslaw v. Ram Development Corp.

Siuslaw Enterprises, Inc., one of the defendants, petitions for reconsideration of our decision in Port of Siuslaw v. Ram Dev., 25 Or App 899, 551 P2d 494 (1976). We have reconsidered our decision and we come to the same result as before but take this opportunity to more precisely delineate the applicable law.

This is an FED action (ORS 105.105 through 105.160) in which plaintiff is the lessor and defendant the lessee. One of the provisions of the agreement between the parties was that

"* * * Lessee acknowledges that Lessee will be assessed and Lessee agrees to pay any taxes assessed by the…