State v. Port of Tillamook
Oregon Supreme Court
From Tillamook: Henry L. Benson, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the State upon the relation of S. V. Anderson and Lillian Anderson against H. T. Botts, A. G. Beals, D. Fitzpatrick, James Walton, Jr., M. F. Leach, and the Port of Tillamook, to determine the right of the defendants to act as a municipal corporation. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals.
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From Tillamook: Henry L. Benson, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the State upon the relation of S. V. Anderson and Lillian Anderson against H. T. Botts, A. G. Beals, D. Fitzpatrick, James Walton, Jr., M. F. Leach, and the Port of Tillamook, to determine the right of the defendants to act as a municipal corporation. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. The complaint is signed by the district attorney of the proper district. It alleges that the defendants are unlawfully exercising a public office and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
The principal contentions on the part of plaintiff are (1) that there was no authority of law for organizing or reorganizing the present Port of Tillamook, and at the same time extending the boundaries thereof, so as to include territory outside the limits of the port as created by the act of 1899; (2) that in the attempt to organize or reorganize the Port of Tillamook the defendants did not show that they complied with the statutory requirement as to notices.
*3361. It is enacted by Section 366, L. O. L., that “An action at law may be maintained in the name of the State, upon the information of…
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