Wright v. Beveridge

The vital question raised herein is whether that portion of Chapter 162, General Laws of Oregon 1925, requiring the plaintiff to pay a fee of $5 to “cover the appearance” of the district attorney in such suit is valid. Plaintiff contends that that portion of the act of 1925, requiring the payment of such fee, is unconstitutional and provides for taking private property for “private” use, in violation of Article I, Section 18, of the Constitution of Oregon, and imposes a special burden on plaintiffs in divorce suits, not required of other litigants, and therefore repugnant to Article I,…