State ex rel. Mahoney v. McKinnon

By the Court,

Watson, J.:

It appears from the transcript that this was an action commenced in the circuit court for Douglas county, upon the relation of J. H. Mahoney, for usurpation of office, under section 354 of the Civil Code.

The amended complaint alleges: That the plaintiff, James H. Mahoney, private party, is a resident voter and taxpayer in the city of Oakland, Douglas county, Oregon; that on the fourteenth day of December, 1878, in Douglas county, Oregon, the defendants, without any legal right, usurped and intruded into the office of trustees of the city of Oakland, a public…