Grant County v. Lake County
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court fop the county of Klamath. . At the special session, of the legislative assembly of the state, held in November, 1885, it was enacted that a certain portion of territory should be taken from Grant County and annexed to Lake County. The act was approved November 21, 1885, and took effect at that time.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court fop the county of Klamath. . At the special session, of the legislative assembly of the state, held in November, 1885, it was enacted that a certain portion of territory should be taken from Grant County and annexed to Lake County. The act was approved November 21, 1885, and took effect at that time. Section 2 of the act provides as follows:— “Sec. 2. The treasurer of Lake County, shall pay to the treasurer .of Grant County such a portion of the indebtedness of Grant County as the taxable property of the territory described in section 1 bears to the whole amount…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, C. J.
Why it should have been necessary td resort to litigation regarding the matters involved herein is beyond my power to conjecture. ■ The act in question is very plain and simple. The citizens of Lake County evidently desired that a certain part of the territory of Grant County be detached therefrom and attached to their county, and the legislature enacted that it be done; but inasmuch as Grant County was indebted in a large sumj and the effect would be to curtail its source of revenue, a provision was inserted in the act that the treasurer of Lake County should pay to the treasurer of Grant…
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