Legal Opinion

School District v. Irwin

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 20, 1899PublishedCited by 15 opinions

From Douglas: “J. C. Fullerton, Judge. This is a proceeding by writ of review, instituted by School District No. 116 for the purpose of having reviewed the action of the Hon. G. M. Irwin, Superintendent of Public Instruction, in reversing and setting aside the order of Douglas Waite, County School Superintendent of Douglas County, Oregon, made and entered November 20, 1896, relating to a change in the boundary of district No. 16, which eliminated a portion of said district.

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From Douglas: “J. C. Fullerton, Judge. This is a proceeding by writ of review, instituted by School District No. 116 for the purpose of having reviewed the action of the Hon. G. M. Irwin, Superintendent of Public Instruction, in reversing and setting aside the order of Douglas Waite, County School Superintendent of Douglas County, Oregon, made and entered November 20, 1896, relating to a change in the boundary of district No. 16, which eliminated a portion of said district. The plaintiff district was subsequently created, embracing within its boundaries, with other territory, the eliminated…

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Wolverton

The plaintiffs insist that there exists no right of appeal from the acts of a county school superintendent, in changing the boundaries of his district, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. If this is so, it is decisive of the case, unless the proceedings on review have also brought up for consideration the action of the county school superintendent in making such change. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is empowered ‘ ‘ to exercise a general superintendence of the county and district school officers and the public schools of this *434state Hill’s Ann. Laws, § 2569. And section…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Moreland v. WhitfordWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  2. In re probate of the will of StoreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Hileman v. BealeIllinois Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Woodruff v. County of DouglasOregon Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Barton v. La GrandeOregon Supreme Court · 1889

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Carmichael v. CarmichaelOregon Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Blumauer-Frank Drug Co. v. Horticultural Fire ReliefOregon Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Sears v. DunbarOregon Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Abrahamson v. Northwestern Pulp & Paper Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1932
  5. School District No. 68 v. HoskinsOregon Supreme Court · 1952

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