Legal Opinion

Vedder v. Marion County

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1894PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from Marion: George EL Burnett, Judge. This is a special proceeding by G. W. Vedder against Marion County to review the action of the county court in the matter of changing the location of a county road in said county.

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Appeal from Marion: George EL Burnett, Judge. This is a special proceeding by G. W. Vedder against Marion County to review the action of the county court in the matter of changing the location of a county road in said county. The record shows that, after giving the required notice, the plaintiff and twenty-seven other householders residing in the vicinity ©f the proposed road filed in said court the following road petition: “To the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Marion: The undersigned, your petitioners, respectfully ask for the location and establishment of a county…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Moore.

1. The report of the viewers having been filed at the July term, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, of the county court, it is contended that no remonstrance thereto filed after the case was remanded could be properly considered by the court. The record shows that the report of the viewers was read for the first time on July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, at which time the remonstrances were filed. This recital must overcome the presumption, if any existed, that the report was read before the petition was dismissed by the county court on July ninth,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Sherman v. BuickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
  2. Commonwealth v. Inhabitants of WestboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  3. Hobart v. County of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
  4. Brook v. HortonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Latimer v. Tillamook CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Strawberry Hill 4 Wheelers v. Board of CommissionersOregon Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Town of Clearmont v. State Highway CommissionWyoming Supreme Court · 1960
  3. State Ex Rel. City of Powers v. Coos County Airport DistrictCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 2005
  4. Otto v. ConroyNebraska Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Burrows v. KinsleyWashington Supreme Court · 1902

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