Oregon Investment Co. v. Schrunk

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding in which the court allowed a motion of the defendants for a decree on the pleadings. Plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs are, some of them, the owners, and others the lessees, of a half block in the downtown “core area” of the City of Portland. The property is used as an automobile parking lot. Defendants are the mayor, city commissioners (comprising the City Council), and city attorney of the City of Portland. Plaintiffs’ real property is bounded on the west by SW Fourth Avenue, on the north by SW Morrison Street and on the east by SW Third Avenue. The City…