Legal Opinion

Public Market Co. of Portland v. City of Portland

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1945PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLusk, J.

This case, involving the rights of the plaintiff, Public Market Company of Portland, under a contract by which it agreed to construct a public market building for the City of Portland and to deliver it to the City upon completion, is here for the third time. (For former opinions, see 160 Or. 155, 83 P. (2d) 440; 171 Or. 522, 130 P. (2d) 624,138 P. (2d) 916.)

Upon the last appeal, taken by the plaintiff from a decree of dismissal, we held that the contract which the plaintiff was then seeking to have specifically performed was not a general obligation contract of the City of Portland, but that…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Public Market Co. v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Matter of Board of Water Supply of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  3. Gauley & Eastern Railway Co. v. ConleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  4. Stager v. Troy Laundry Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Corbus v. TeedIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Marr v. PutnamOregon Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Henderson v. Union Pacific RailroadOregon Supreme Court · 1950
  3. Kornegay v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
  4. Freedman v. CHOLICK ET UXOregon Supreme Court · 1963
  5. State Highway Commission v. NunesOregon Supreme Court · 1963

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