Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon Volume 53 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ...thereto as follows: ' " (1) We object to the same because it is not a reassessment, a former reassessment having been made, but an attempt to arbitrarily pursue that property and the owners thereof without any authority of law or equity for the pro ceeding, and without conferring any special and peculiar benefit upon it, and same is illegal and void. "(2) We object to same because the city has not com plied with the conditions precedent to the exercise of any power of assessment or reassessment, or re-reassessment, and said assessment is illegal and void. " (3) We object to the same because there never has been and there is not now any assessment, reassessment, or rereassessment in accordance with the benefits, or any attempt made to make any assessment, reassessment, or re-reassess ment in accordance with the benefits. " (4) We object to the same because the city has never made any improvement which was a special and peculiar benefit to the property attempted to be taxed or assessed in this proceeding. "(5) The property owners filed a legal remonstrance to the improvement, which was disregarded by the city, and the city has never had any legal power to make any assessment, reassessment or re-reassessment, and all attempts to do so are illegal and void. "(6) The circuit court of the State of Oregon for the county of Multnomah, in the proceedings by these property owners against the city, has adjudged that the city has no right to make any reassessment at all for this matter, and also that the power of reassessment has been exhausted in this matter. " (7) The resolution attempting to provide for a reassessment in this proceeding is not in accordance with the charter. The auditor has not made a preliminary reassessmen...