Oregon City v. Clackamas County

Section 605, Or. L., prescribes the duty of a writ of review in this language:

“The writ shall be concurrent with the right of appeal, and shall be allowed in all cases where the inferior court, officer, or tribunal in the exercise of judicial functions appears to have exercised such functions erroneously, or to have exceeded its or his jurisdiction, to the injury of some substantial right of the plaintiff, and not otherwise.

Before a writ of review will issue it must appear from the petition that the inferior court, officer of tribunal whose order is sought to be reviewed was exercising…