Northern Counties Trust v. Sears
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is a mandamus proceeding by the Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, a corporation, against Geo. C. Sears, as sheriff of Multnomah County, to compel him as such officer to serve a summons upon the defendants in a cause pending in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Multnomah County, wherein the Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, is plaintiff, and George H. Dedman et al. are defendants.
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From Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is a mandamus proceeding by the Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, a corporation, against Geo. C. Sears, as sheriff of Multnomah County, to compel him as such officer to serve a summons upon the defendants in a cause pending in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Multnomah County, wherein the Northern Counties Investment Trust, Limited, is plaintiff, and George H. Dedman et al. are defendants. The mileage fee for the service was paid to the defendant, but he refused to comply with the request of said plaintiff to serve such…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Wolverton.
The determination of the question brought up by this appeal involves the construction and constitutionality of an act entitled “An act to change in part the compensation and mode of payment thereof to the county clerks, recorders of conveyances, clerks of the Circuit Courts and County Courts in the State, and of the sheriffs of the several counties; to repeal certain provisions of statute providing for the payment of certain fees to said officers, and of trial fees in certain cases; to provide for the payment by parties to appeals, actions, suits, and…
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