Clark v. Hood River County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Hood River: William L. Bradshaw, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice McBride. This is a suit brought by W. L. Clark against Hood River County, Oregon, a municipal corporation, and E. E. Stanton, E. Hawkes, and J. O. Hannum, as members of the board of county commissioners for Hood River County, to enjoin the County Court from issuing and delivering $75,000 permanent road bonds to S. Benson, the purchaser thereof, which bonds are attempted to be issued in pursuance of a…
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From Hood River: William L. Bradshaw, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice McBride. This is a suit brought by W. L. Clark against Hood River County, Oregon, a municipal corporation, and E. E. Stanton, E. Hawkes, and J. O. Hannum, as members of the board of county commissioners for Hood River County, to enjoin the County Court from issuing and delivering $75,000 permanent road bonds to S. Benson, the purchaser thereof, which bonds are attempted to be issued in pursuance of a special election held in said county on the 15th day of July, 1914. The proceedings are admitted to he regular,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice McBride.
1. The proceeding to hold an election on the question of issuing county bonds to be used for the construction and maintenance of the road in question was instituted under Chapter 103, Laws of 1913, Section 3 of which requires that the petition for holding such election shall£ £ set out and specify the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the length of time they shall run, and maximum rate of interest they shall bear.” We think the petition and notice comply substantially with this provision, and that nobody was misled or could have been misled by the…
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