Thielke v. Albee
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: George E. Bagley, Judge. This is a suit by A. A. Thielke, W. J. Christenson and W. L. Trullinger against H. E. Albee, Mayor of the City of Portland, to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance of the City of Portland licensing and regulating the operation of jitney buses. A demurrer was interposed to the complaint, which was overruled by the trial court, and from a decree in favor of plaintiffs, defendants appeal: See 76 Or. 449 (150 Pac. 854).
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Benson
The question presented for our consideration is the sufficiency of the complaint, the substance of which is that on September 3, 1915, the city council of Portland passed an ordinance, entitled
“An ordinance licensing and regulating motor buses operated within the City of Portland and declaring an emergency.”
The ordinance, a copy of which is attached to and made a part of the complaint, is alleged to be void for the following reasons: (1) That the city council violated the constitutional provision, reserving to the citizens of a municipality the power of the referendum, by declaring an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Kadderly v. PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1903
- Mayor of Baltimore v. RadeckeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
- Caseday v. LindstromOregon Supreme Court · 1904
- Ex parte DickeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
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