City of Corvallis v. Stock
Oregon Supreme Court
Benton County. Plaintiff appeals. The defendant was convicted in the recorder’s court for the city of Corvallis of the violation of an ordinance of that city, and appealed to the Circuit Court for Benton County. That court reversed the judgment of the recorder’s court, and discharged the defendant, whereupon plaintiff appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Thayer, J.—This
appeal involves the question of the right of appeal from the recorder’s court. It was held by this court in the case of Town of Lafayette v. Clark, 9 Oreg. 225, that an appeal would not lie from the recorder of a city, in adjudications upon city ordinances, unless given by statute. The question here is whether the charter of the city of Corvallis gives such right of appeal. Upon an examination of said charter we have discovered that there is, in our opinion, no material difference between its phraseology and that employed in the Lafayette charter upon that subject. And we…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Town of La Fayette v. ClarkOregon Supreme Court · 1881
- Sellers v. City of CorvallisOregon Supreme Court · 1874
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