Springfield Milling Co. v. Lane County

By the Court,

Shattuck, J.:

This is an action at law tried in the court below upon issues of fact before the court, without a jury. The findings of the court below áre as follows:

“1. That, at the January term, 1874, of the County Court of Lane County, State of Oregon, said court, in the transaction of county business, made the following order, to wit:

“‘In the Matter of Bridge across Willamette Biver at or near Springfield.—At this day, after consideration- by the court, it is ordered that A. S. Powers be, and he is hereby appointed superintendent of the construction of a bridge across the…