Bell v. Martin
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: James U. Campbell, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. The plaintiff, J. W. Bell, is a justice of the peace in Portland, a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants, in Multnomah County, of this State, of which county the defendant is the auditor.
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From Multnomah: James U. Campbell, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. The plaintiff, J. W. Bell, is a justice of the peace in Portland, a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants, in Multnomah County, of this State, of which county the defendant is the auditor. On plaintiff’s petition the circuit court of that county issued its alternative writ of mandamus directed to the defendant commanding him to forthwith audit and approve the claim of the petitioner' for $200 salary allowed by law to him for the month of June, 1911, and report the same to the county commissioners of the county, or, in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
1. It is stipulated that the appeal is to test the one question of whether or not the justices of the peace of Portland district have the right to keep the fees collected for solemnizing marriages. Originally such officers throughout the State derived their compensation through fees collected from litigants in their court, or those to whom they rendered ministerial services. Some of these fees were directly connected with litigation, and others were derived from services such as taking the acknowledgment of deeds and the like. Among others was a fee of $5 for performing a marriage ceremony…
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- State ex rel. v. DunbarOregon Supreme Court · 1908
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