State Ex Rel. Washington-Oregon Investment Co. v. Dobson

We took jurisdiction in this original proceeding in mandamus for the purpose of determining whether, under existing .legislation, the defendant in an action in the small claims department of the district court of Multnomah county has a right of appeal from the judgment of that court to the circuit court. The relator, Washington-Oregon Investment Company, a corporation, attempted to appeal from such a judgment in the amount of $12 and costs, but its appeal was dismissed by the circuit court. Since no other remedy is open to the relator (see, State ex rel. v. Kanzler, 129 Or. 85, 93, 97, 276 P.…