Colby v. City of Medford
Oregon Supreme Court
Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. This suit was commenced against tbe City of Med-ford, its mayor, councilmen, recorder and treasurer, by Charles D. Colby, who is not only making certain contentions because of the methods previously pursued by the city in raising moneys with which to pay the interest on the bonded indebtedness for improvements, the expense of which had been charged to abutting property by levying special benefit assessments, but he is also…
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Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Harris. This suit was commenced against tbe City of Med-ford, its mayor, councilmen, recorder and treasurer, by Charles D. Colby, who is not only making certain contentions because of the methods previously pursued by the city in raising moneys with which to pay the interest on the bonded indebtedness for improvements, the expense of which had been charged to abutting property by levying special benefit assessments, but he is also attacking an alleged charter amendment known as the Hanson Plan, which was designed to enable the city to refund all its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harris
The foregoing detailed statement may be summarized thus: The city had laid sewers, pavement and water-mains and had assessed the cost of these improvements to the abutting property; most of the owners of property assessed for sewers and pavement had made application to pay their assessments as provided for by the Bancroft Bonding Act; presumably most of the owners of abutting property which was charged with the cost of laying water-mains had applied for the privilege of paying these assessments in installments as provided for by the municipal charter; some property owners, who had not applied…
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