Legal Opinion
West v. Coos County
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 1925PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
The defendant urges as the most important question raised upon this appeal that the County Court had no legal authority to execute the contract involved herein for the reason that it was stipulated that the compensation for the services to be rendered by the attorney for the defendant county, after the services were performed, should be left to the 'county judge of Douglas County and the county judge of Coos County, to fix the amount.
A county has a dual character: (1) it is a governmental agency of its principal, the -state, and as such agent it has strictly limited powers. (2) It is a body…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Palmer v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Grant County v. Lake CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1889
- Galveston County v. GreshamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Sebree v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
- Sweeney v. Jackson CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by12 opinions
- American Airlines, Inc., Trans World Airlines, Inc., Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Louisville and Jefferson County Air BoardCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1959
- Hays v. City of KalamazooMichigan Supreme Court · 1947
- State Ex Rel. Hunt v. Okanogan CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1929
- Johnson v. City of BillingsMontana Supreme Court · 1936
- United Hospital v. D'AnnunzioNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
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