Whitney v. Blackburn

This was a proceeding begun under title 4; chapter 14, sections 2544-2548, Oregon Code, to contest the right of the defendant to the office of county judge of Linn County, to which he was declared elected by the board of canvassers.

The election was held on the fourth day of June, 1888, and the notice was served.on the fourth day of July, 1888, by the sheriff of that county, but the notice of such contest was- not filed in court until the twenty-third day of August, 1888, and the next regular term of the court beginning on the twenty-second day of October, 1888, was the time named in the…