Southern Oregon Co. v. Gage
Oregon Supreme Court
.From Coos: George F. Skip worth, Judge. Department 1. At the time of the transactions from which this litigation resulted, the defendant Gage was sheriff of Coos County, Oregon. His successor was substituted as a defendant, but the case will be treated under the original name.
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.From Coos: George F. Skip worth, Judge. Department 1. At the time of the transactions from which this litigation resulted, the defendant Gage was sheriff of Coos County, Oregon. His successor was substituted as a defendant, but the case will be treated under the original name. In brief, there was litigation between the plaintiff and the tax collector of Coos County, relating to the collection of taxes alleged to be due on real property claimed to be owned by the Southern Oregon Company. Without going into the details of the title to the land, it is sufficient to say that pending that…
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, C. J.
Both parties agree that formal pleadings in such a matter are unnecessary, citing 18 C. J. 799, § 56. It would seem that since the fund is in possession of the court, and the principles upon which it was agreed to be disposed of were settled by the litigation in which it was deposited, the mere distribution of the fund is settled summarily as a matter of procedure, so that it is not necessary to formulate ancillary issues with the same strictness as in an original suit.
1. It is plain that the money deposited was not a county fund. The act in question provides for the designation of county…
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