Landess v. City of Cottage Grove
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: Lawrence T. Harris, Judge. This is a suit by ffm. Landess, W. P. Huff and H. F. Alden against the City of Cottage Grove and B. F. Keeney, as Assessor of Lane County, Oregon, to enjoin the imposition of a tax on the property of plaintiffs by the defendant city, for the reason that the land is situated outside the corporate limits, and therefore not subject to such taxation.
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From Lane: Lawrence T. Harris, Judge. This is a suit by ffm. Landess, W. P. Huff and H. F. Alden against the City of Cottage Grove and B. F. Keeney, as Assessor of Lane County, Oregon, to enjoin the imposition of a tax on the property of plaintiffs by the defendant city, for the reason that the land is situated outside the corporate limits, and therefore not subject to such taxation. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to plaintiffs’ complaint, and dismissed the suit, from which order and decree plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
The following facts are shown in plaintiffs’ complaint: The City of Cottage Grove is a municipal corporation created by an act of the legislative assembly of 1903, which defined the limits of the city. In 1911 the common council of Cottage Grove, pursuant to an initiative petition therefor, called a special election for the purpose of submitting to the legal voters an amendment to the city_ charter enlarging the corporate boundaries of the municipality. On May 1, 1911, an election was held in the city, as provided by an ordinance passed by the council and pursuant to a notice thereof. The…
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