158 P. 668 | Or. | 1916
delivered the opinion of the court.
“The owners of two thirds of the property adjacent to such street or alley, or part thereof, to be improved, have the right to make and file with the recorder a written remonstrance against the proposed improvement or repair at any time before the last two preceding days stated in said notice for the letting of such contract. ’ ’
Section 74 provides:
“If such remonstrance be filed as in the preceding section provided, no contract shall be let for the work of grading or graveling of such street or alley, and no further proceedings shall be taken for the same or similar improvement of such street or alley for six months after the filing of such remonstrance, except on petition of the owners of two thirds of the property liable therefor.”
Finally, the following section says:
“If no remonstrance be filed as above provided, the contract to grade and gravel such street or alley may be let as in such notice stated. ’ ’
The paper relied upon as a remonstrance appears in the record, and upon the point of ownership as qualifying the remonstrators it states:
“As grounds for this remonstrance we allege that we are the owners of real estate abutting on said proposed improvement and the cost of said improvement would be in excess of the benefits to be derived from the same.”
The charter clearly distinguishes between the building of sidewalks and the improvements of a street by grading or graveling. No provision is made for
“Beginning at the northwest comer of block 21 in the town of Springfield, thence east along the south side line of Main Street a distance of 302.7 feet to the northeast corner of said block, thence south to the southeast comer of lot 1 in said block 21, thence west to the southwest corner of lot 2 in said block 21, and being the east side line of Mill Street, thence north along the east side line of Mill Street to the place of beginning, being lots numbered 1 and 2 in said block 21, in the town of Springfield, Lane County, State of Oregon. ’ ’
The plaintiff says his property is in block 2 of the original plat of the town of Springfield, and this is his only criticism of the city’s designation of his realty. The rule on this subject is thus laid down by Mr.
“In construing the language of deeds or other writings relating to real property, it has been held that the description of land therein contained was sufficient, if, with the stated instrument before him, a surveyor, either with or without the aid of extrinsic evidence, could locate the premises with reasonable certainty: Willamette Co. v. Gordon, 6 Or. 175; House v. Jackson, 24 Or. 89 (32 Pac. 1027); Hayden v. Brown, 33 Or. 221 (53 Pac. 490); Bogard v. Barhan, 52 Or. 121 (96 Pac. 673, 132 Am. St. Rep. 676); St. Dennis v. Harras, 55 Or. 379 (105 Pac. 246, 106 Pac. 789).”
See, also, Talbot v. Joseph, 79. Or. 308 (155 Pac. 184); McMaster v. Ruby, 80 Or. 476 (157 Pac. 782). We apprehend that any ordinary surveyor, guided by the rule thus laid down, could locate the property described by the ordinance.
The decree of the Circuit Court is affirmed.
Affirmed.