Wormington v. Pierce
Oregon Supreme Court
Umatilla county: M. D. Clifford, Judge. Defendants appeal. The object of this suit is to enjoin the authorities of Umatilla county from issuing to one Byers warrants of said county to the amount of three thousand five hundred dollars, on the ground that said county was then indebted in a greater sum than is permitted by the constitution. The suit is by two tax-payers.
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Umatilla county: M. D. Clifford, Judge. Defendants appeal. The object of this suit is to enjoin the authorities of Umatilla county from issuing to one Byers warrants of said county to the amount of three thousand five hundred dollars, on the ground that said county was then indebted in a greater sum than is permitted by the constitution. The suit is by two tax-payers. A brief summary of the material parts of the complaint is as follows: That plaintiffs are citizens and tax-payers of Umatilla county, Oregon, and that the defendant Pierce is the county clerk of said county; that in the fall of…
1Opinion of the CourtStrahan, C. J.
The respondents rely upon several objections to sustain the decree, but the one mostly pressed .upon our attention arises- out of the provision in the con,-stitution of the state limiting county indebtedness, which is as follows: “No county shall create any debts or liabili¡ti.es which singly or in the aggregate exceed the sum of five thousand dolíais, except to suppress insurrection of to repel invasion.” (Oregon Const. Art. 11, § 10.) Facts are alleged in the complaint, and not denied by the answer, showing that the debts of Umatilla county are not within the saving clause of this section;…
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