Menasha Woodenware Co. v. Coos County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Me. Justice Ramsey. This is a suit by the Menasha Woodenware Company against Coos County, Road District No. 6 of said county, James Watson, county clerk of Coos County, and W. W. Gage, as sheriff and tax collector of Coos County, Oregon, and was brought to obtain a decree declaring illegal an attempted special road tax levied in Road District No. 6 of Coos County, for the improvement of county roads in said district,…
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From Coos: John S. Coke, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Me. Justice Ramsey. This is a suit by the Menasha Woodenware Company against Coos County, Road District No. 6 of said county, James Watson, county clerk of Coos County, and W. W. Gage, as sheriff and tax collector of Coos County, Oregon, and was brought to obtain a decree declaring illegal an attempted special road tax levied in Road District No. 6 of Coos County, for the improvement of county roads in said district, on December 4, 1912, and enjoining the collection of said tax. The court below overruled the plaintiff’s demurrer to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
delivered the opinion of.the court.
This is a suit in equity to obtain a decree declaring illegal and void a special road tax of five mills on the dollar, which certain voters of Road District No. 6 of Coos County attempted to levy by a vote, on December 4, 1912, upon the assessable property of that road district for the improvements of county roads in said district. They attempted to levy said road tax, under Section 6321, L. O. L. The plaintiff in its brief urges several points to obtain a reversal of said decree, but it will not be necessary to examine any point, excepting as to the…
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