Myers v. Warner
Clackamas County Circuit Court, Oregon
This is a special proceeding under the statute, to contest an election to the office of sheriff of Clackamas County. The plaintiff having fixed in his notice a time for the trial, moves for an order setting an earlier day for the hearing of the cause. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Upton, <T.
In this ease the plaintiff proceeds under the statute found on page 707 of the code, to contest the election to the office of sheriff of Clackamas County. The case is brought before tbo circuit court, at chambers, on the plaintiff’s motion for an order that the case be beard at an earlier time than that specified in the notice.
The statute by which the proceeding is authorized is as follows:
Sec. 37. “Any person wishing to contest the election of any person to any county, district or precinct office, may give notice, in writing, to the person whose election he intends to contest, that…
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