Smith Securities Co. v. Multnomah County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George W. Stapleton, Judge. Department 2. In 1911 and 1912 the R. R. Thompson Estate Company, one of the plaintiffs herein, constructed the Multnomah Hotel on block 44 in the City of Portland, at a cost of something more than a million dollars.
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From Multnomah: George W. Stapleton, Judge. Department 2. In 1911 and 1912 the R. R. Thompson Estate Company, one of the plaintiffs herein, constructed the Multnomah Hotel on block 44 in the City of Portland, at a cost of something more than a million dollars. On March 1,1916, on a basis of 75 per cent of its cash value, the land was assessed at $360,000 and the building at $335,000, making a total of $695,000. On August 25, 1916, the property was sold to the plaintiff Smith Securities Company for $575.000, under an agreement that the taxes should be prorated between the grantor and- the…
1ConcurrenceBrown, J.
(Specially Concurring). — I concur in the result reached by Justice Johns, holding that this court is without jurisdiction to review the proceedings of the Circuit Court had under Section 4299, Or. L. It is a general rule in most jurisdictions that where a tribunal exercises a special, limited jurisdiction conferred by statute, and in which the procedure is not according to the course of the common law, no appeal lies from its action therein unless such appeal is expressly provided by statute: 2 Cyc. 540. .By the provisions of Section 4299, Or. L., any person who shall have petitioned for the…
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