McBee v. Town of Springfield
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: Lawrence T. Harris, Judge. This is a suit by E. F. McBee against the Town of Springfield, a municipal corporation, B. F. Keeney, as Assessor of Lane County, Oregon; E. U. Lee, as County Clerk of Lane County, Oregon, and H. L. Brown, as Sheriff of Lane County, Oregon, to restrain the collection of certain municipal taxes on lands of plaintiff. From a decree dismissing the suit, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
This is a suit to enjoin the assessment and collection of municipal taxes on about ten acres of plaintiff's land. The cause being at issue was tried on an agreed statement of facts, resulting in a decree dismissing the suit,, and plaintiff appeals.
It appears that the town of Springfield was incorporated February 10, 1893, by an act of the legislative assembly designating the boundaries, but not including the premises described in the complaint. The town council, upon receiving a petition signed by one-fifth of the qualified electors of the municipality, requesting that an election be held for…
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