Wingate v. Clatsop County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clatsop: James IT. Campbell, Judge. This is a suit hy Gr. Wingate against Clatsop County, Oregon, Edward C. Judd, County Judge, Fred H. Moore and John Frye, County Commissioners of Clatsop County, Oregon, and the Nease Timber Company, The lower court rendered a decree in favor of defendants and plaintiff appeals. The facts disclosed are set forth in the opinion of the court. Department 2.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNaey
Displeased at the action of the county court of Clatsop County in entering into an agreement with the Nease Timber Company to cruise and estimate the value of the timber lands in the county and in executing a contract for the construction of a jail therein, plaintiff brings this suit to enjoin the county court from approving any claims created thereby in excess of $5,000, upon the hypothesis that the expenditure of the county funds in excess of that sum is in violation of Article XI, Section 10, of the state Constitution. On March 16, 1913, the assessor of that county invited the attention of…
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