Dennis v. Willamina
Oregon Supreme Court
From Yamhill: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This is an action by Y. R. Dennis and P. C. Christensen, copartners against the City of Willamina, a municipal corporation, to recover money.
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From Yamhill: Harry H. Belt, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Moore. This is an action by Y. R. Dennis and P. C. Christensen, copartners against the City of Willamina, a municipal corporation, to recover money. The plaintiffs, as partners, on September 15, 1913, entered into a contract with the defendant, a municipal corporation, whereby they engaged to furnish the material and perform the labor necessary to improve B Street, in the City of Willamina, from Main Street to Fourth Street, according to the provisions of Ordinance No. 67 and in conformity with the plans and…
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Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
1, 2. The defendant was first incorporated by an act of the legislative assembly: Sp. Laws Or. 1903, p. 376. It is stated in the brief of plaintiffs’ counsel that the original charter was substituted by an act of incorporation adopted by the legal voters of the municipality December 7, 1908, pursuant to an exercise of the initiative power. From an examination of the transcript before us it is not conclusively obvious, that the amended charter was received in evidence. The brief of defendant’s counsel quotes several sections of the new charter, which excerpts…
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