State ex rel. Davis v. Wolf

Strahan, X.

This action is prosecuted by the state of Oregon upon the relation of P. A. Davis, John Hicks, X. C. Hayes, and E. L. Smith, against Adolph Wolf, M. Fitzgerald, George Sacra, and Archie Wolford, to ascertain by what authority the defendants hold and exer*120cise the offiee of councilmen of the-city of Silverton, in Marion County, Oregon. The city of Silverton was duly incorporated by the legislative assembly in the year 1885:

It is alleged that at the regular election held in said city on the first Monday in May, 1888, the relators, being in every way qualified, were candidates at said…