City of Portland v. Denny
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah County. The complaint alleges that respondent is police judge of the city of Portland, and while acting as such, in the years 1871 and 1872, in pursuance of authority vested in him by § 156 of a special act of the Legislature under and by which said city is incorporated, he exercised the jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace for the county of Multnomah, in said city of Portland, and subject to the general laws of the State prescribing the…
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Appeal from Multnomah County. The complaint alleges that respondent is police judge of the city of Portland, and while acting as such, in the years 1871 and 1872, in pursuance of authority vested in him by § 156 of a special act of the Legislature under and by which said city is incorporated, he exercised the jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace for the county of Multnomah, in said city of Portland, and subject to the general laws of the State prescribing the duties of justices of the peace. That in pursuance of said section, said respondent, in certain criminal actions tried…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Prim, J.:
The respondent is police judge of the city of Portland, and has the jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace for the county of Multnomah within the limits of the city of Portland. While exercising the jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the peace in the trial of criminal actions prosecuted under the general laws of the State, he has received fees for services amounting in • the aggregate to $8289.60.
It is claimed by appellant that these fees should have been paid into the city treasury, and respondent having failed to do so, this action is brought by…
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