White v. Multnomah County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. This is a suit by Walter F. White against Multnomah County, a municipal corporation, Eufus C. Holman, D. Y. Hart and W. L. Lightner, as county commissioners. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
This is a suit by the plaintiff, as a taxpayer of Multnomah County, against the defendants as the legally constituted, qualified and acting board of county commissioners of said county, to enjoin the issuance of $250,000 worth of bonds proposed to be issued by the defendants as officers of Multnomah County, to aid in the construction of a certain interstate bridge and the approaches thereto, across the Columbia River, on a line from Portland, to Vancouver, Washington. These bonds constitute a part of an issue of $1,250,000 in bonds, authorized to be issued…
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