Duncan v. Dryer
Oregon Supreme Court
From Umatilla: Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge. This is a suit in equity by H. T. Duncan, C. G. Brownell and J. A. Stanfield against H. N. Dryer, Mayor of the City of Umatilla, J. H. Cherry, H. E. Hatter, F. W. Cline, H. Oftedal, A. G. Means and R.1. Yerxa, as councilmen of the City of Umatilla, a municipal corporation, and H. B. Hull, recorder of the City of Umatilla, for an injunction restraining said officers from executing or delivering certain municipal bonds.
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From Umatilla: Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge. This is a suit in equity by H. T. Duncan, C. G. Brownell and J. A. Stanfield against H. N. Dryer, Mayor of the City of Umatilla, J. H. Cherry, H. E. Hatter, F. W. Cline, H. Oftedal, A. G. Means and R.1. Yerxa, as councilmen of the City of Umatilla, a municipal corporation, and H. B. Hull, recorder of the City of Umatilla, for an injunction restraining said officers from executing or delivering certain municipal bonds. From a decree dismissing the suit, after overruling a demurrer to the answer, plaintiffs appeal. The facts are set forth in the opinion…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eamsey
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants, as officers of the City of Umatilla, from receiving or accepting expected proposals for the purchase of the bonds referred to in the complaint, and from executing or delivering any of said bonds, etc. The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of the City of Umatilla, and they brought this suit for themselves as taxpayers, and in behalf of all other taxpayers similarly situated, who desire to join therein and contribute to the expense thereof. The City of Umatilla was incorporated under the general laws of this state, relating to the incorporation of…
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