Legal Opinion

Drainage District No. 7 v. Bernards

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 1918PublishedCited by 16 opinions

From Washington: George R. Bagley, Judge. Department 2.

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM. —

This is a suit to foreclose the lien of an assessment levied by the plaintiff for the purpose of paying for a ditch which the drainage district proposes to construct. The questions to be decided can be better considered if we first give a brief account of the history of the drainage district, including a narrative of what the defendants did.

A petition signed by thirty-one land owners was filed with the County Court on August 12,1912, asking for the creation of drainage district No. 7, as provided for by Sections 6126 to 6145, L. O. L., inclusive, as amended by Chapter 241, Laws…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. Paulsen v. PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  3. Lent v. TillsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Colby v. City of MedfordOregon Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Ross v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. STATE, DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. HiggsUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Libby v. Southern Pacific Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Fisk v. LeithOregon Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. PaulDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1990
  5. State Ex Rel. Keane v. Board of County CommissionersMontana Supreme Court · 1929

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