Straw v. Harris
Oregon Supreme Court
Statement by MR. Justice King. This is a suit by E. E. Straw against W. C. Harris, J. C. Gray, E. Mingus, W. P. Evans and Henry Sengstacken, constituting the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Coos Bay, and involves the constitutionality of the incorporation of the “port of Coos Bay,” a municipality organized under an act of the legislative assembly adopted February 12, 1909, entitled an “Act to provide for incorporation under general law of ports in counties bordering…
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Statement by MR. Justice King. This is a suit by E. E. Straw against W. C. Harris, J. C. Gray, E. Mingus, W. P. Evans and Henry Sengstacken, constituting the Board of Commissioners of the Port of Coos Bay, and involves the constitutionality of the incorporation of the “port of Coos Bay,” a municipality organized under an act of the legislative assembly adopted February 12, 1909, entitled an “Act to provide for incorporation under general law of ports in counties bordering upon bays or rivers navigable from the sea, and to provide for the manner of incorporating such ports, and defining the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice King
1. The first point demanding attention questions the sufficiency of the title of the act under which the district was created, with reference to which it is insisted that the title does not conform to the requirements of Section 20, Article IV, Constitution of Oregon, in that it is insufficient in clearly expressing the purpose of the law. In this connection it is contended that there is no such legal term as the word “port,” that is has no legal entity, *428and that, since a different meaning from that which it has heretofore borne has not been legislatively declared, the subject-matter of the…
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