Mackenzie v. Douglas County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by W. R. Mackenzie and C. A. Mackenzie, partners doing business under the firm name and style of W. R. Mackenzie & Son against Douglas County, Oregon, a municipal corporation, on a contract alleged to have been made on or about September 28, 1914, by plaintiffs and the state insurance commissioner on behalf of Douglas County under the provisions of Chapter 286, Laws of…
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From Douglas: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by W. R. Mackenzie and C. A. Mackenzie, partners doing business under the firm name and style of W. R. Mackenzie & Son against Douglas County, Oregon, a municipal corporation, on a contract alleged to have been made on or about September 28, 1914, by plaintiffs and the state insurance commissioner on behalf of Douglas County under the provisions of Chapter 286, Laws of 1913, page 545, for the purpose of having a careful and accurate audit made of its books and accounts. Plaintiffs allege…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
1. It may be stated that counties are but agencies of the state for governmental purposes: Grant County v. Lake County, 17 Or. 453, 458 (21 Pac. 447); 2 Words and Phrases, p. 1653; 11 Cyc. 343. Where a state by enactment, in furtherance of its governmental purposes, imposes an obligation upon a county not in conflict with the Constitution of the state, that obligation becomes one which the county must fairly meet: Grant County v. Lake County, 17 Or. 453, 458 (21 Pac. 447); Crossen v. Wasco County, 10 Or. 111; Wallowa County v. Oakes, 46 Or. 33, 35 (78 Pac. 892).
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- Grant County v. Lake CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1889
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- Crossen v. Wasco CountyOregon Supreme Court · 1882
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