Barber v. Johnson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Jefferson: T. E. J. Duffy, Judge. Suit by W. C. Barber against W. E. Johnson, County Clerk of Jefferson County, Oregon, in which a decree was rendered dismissing the complaint and plaintiff appealed. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Mc-Camant. This is a suit brought to enjoin the county clerk of Jefferson County from canvassing and certifying the returns of an election held November 7, 1916, upon the question of the removal of the county seat.
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From Jefferson: T. E. J. Duffy, Judge. Suit by W. C. Barber against W. E. Johnson, County Clerk of Jefferson County, Oregon, in which a decree was rendered dismissing the complaint and plaintiff appealed. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Mc-Camant. This is a suit brought to enjoin the county clerk of Jefferson County from canvassing and certifying the returns of an election held November 7, 1916, upon the question of the removal of the county seat. Plaintiff alleges that he is a large property holder at Culver, which was the county seat of Jefferson County prior to January 1, 1917, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McCamant
In 1903 the legislature 'passed an act providing the manner in which the inhabitants of a county might change their county seat. This act, incorporated in the Code as Sections 2877-2885, provides that a petition signed by qualified electors, equal in number to three fifths of the votes cast at the last general election, shall be necessary to initiate the proceeding. Plaintiff contends that this statute provides the only method by which a county seat may be changed without an act of the legislature or of the people under the initiative, providing for the change. It is admitted that the act of…
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