In re Claim of Ison
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Union County. Appellant was, on the twenty-third day of July, 1877, and thereafter until the present time, district attorney for the fifth judicial district of the state of Oregon. Union county is in that district. On the twenty-third day of July, 1877, an action at law was commenced in the circuit court for Union county by the state of Oregon as plaintiff, against James Hendershott, M. Baker, John A. Childers and Arthur Warwick.
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Appeal from Union County. Appellant was, on the twenty-third day of July, 1877, and thereafter until the present time, district attorney for the fifth judicial district of the state of Oregon. Union county is in that district. On the twenty-third day of July, 1877, an action at law was commenced in the circuit court for Union county by the state of Oregon as plaintiff, against James Hendershott, M. Baker, John A. Childers and Arthur Warwick. The action was brought on the official undertaking of the said James Hendershott, as register of state lands for La Grande district, to-recover certain…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Watson, J.:
We have just decided in another case that the district attorney is entitled to appear and prosecute all actions, suits and proceedings in his district in which the state is a party, and for the prosecution of which no other mode is expressly provided by statute, and to receive a fee of twenty-five dollars for prosecuting each of said actions, suits or proceedings.
We have further decided that while the board of school land commissioners are authorized by law to employ counsel to assist in the collection of money due and belonging to the school and university funds,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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