Barrett v. Union Bridge Co.

Plaintiffs have filed a petition for rehearing, in which they assert that the decision rendered in this case is erroneous in the following respects : 1. That it fails to give effect to Section 4562, Or. L., which they claim is a remedial statute that was enacted to avoid the harshness of the rule that in the absence of some constitutional provision or statute, authorizing it, an abutter whose property has been consequentially damaged by a municipal change of the grade of a public street, cannot recover such damage. 2. That under the provisions of Sections 3196, 4718 and 4719, the County Court…