Burnett v. Douglas County
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Douglas County. This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the Circuit Court for Douglas County, refusing a writ of review and for costs and disbursements. The appellants presented to the Court, at the October term, 1873, an application for a writ to review certain proceedings had in the County Court of said county, sitting for the transaction of county business.
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Appeal from Douglas County. This is an appeal from a judgment and order of the Circuit Court for Douglas County, refusing a writ of review and for costs and disbursements. The appellants presented to the Court, at the October term, 1873, an application for a writ to review certain proceedings had in the County Court of said county, sitting for the transaction of county business. The petition sets forth that the petitioners are resident freeholders and taxpayers of said county, and that they signed a remonstrance against making the order sought to be reviewed. That at the March term, 1873, the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
McArthur, J. :
Under the Constitution of this State, the Circuit Courts may exercise supervisory control over .all inferior tribunals, and, in exerting this power, may resort to the writ of review, which, under the Code, is a special proceeding and sustains the same relation to our system of civil procedure that the writ of certiorari sustains to the common law practice. The object of the writ is to enable the superior Courts to review the judicial proceedings of the inferior, with a view to keep even and uniform the administration of justice. The petition, to accord with the…
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