Wiegand v. West
Oregon Supreme Court
From Baker: Gustav Anderson, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This suit was commenced January 3, 1914, by William Wiegand against Oswald West and others. After alleging himself to be licensed by the local authorities and by the government of the United States for the conduct of retail liquor business in Copperfield, Baker County, Oregon, the plaintiff alleges: “II.
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From Baker: Gustav Anderson, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This suit was commenced January 3, 1914, by William Wiegand against Oswald West and others. After alleging himself to be licensed by the local authorities and by the government of the United States for the conduct of retail liquor business in Copperfield, Baker County, Oregon, the plaintiff alleges: “II. That on the 2d day of January, 1914, the defendants B. K. Lawson, Fern Hobbs and various other persons whose names are unknown to plaintiff, came to the city of Copperfield, in the county of Baker and State of Oregon,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. It is a vital principle of popular government that every person within the state is subject to its Constitution and laws, be he Governor or groundling. It is equally true that the mere circumstance that an individual occupies at the time an official position in the state will not protect him from the consequences of his violation of its laws or the infringement of the rights of another: Salem Mills Co. v. Lord, 42 Or. 82 (69 Pac. 1033, 70 Pac. 832); Taylor Sands Fishing Co. v. State Land Board, 56 Or. 157 (108 Pac. 126); Corvallis & Eastern R. Co. v. Benson, 61 Or. 359 (121 Pac. 418); *254Frank…
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