Legal Opinion

State v. Hall

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1914PublishedCited by 12 opinions

From Grant: Dalton Biggs, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by the State of Oregon on relation of S. R. Birdwell and Herman Kuhl, against William Hall, G. T. Meador and H. O. Meador, substituted for William Hall, A. B. Carlson, R. L. Dearforff and L. B. Parsons, to oust the defendants from their respective offices as directors of Union High School District No. 1 of Grant County, Oregon, and to annul the organization of the district.

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From Grant: Dalton Biggs, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is an action by the State of Oregon on relation of S. R. Birdwell and Herman Kuhl, against William Hall, G. T. Meador and H. O. Meador, substituted for William Hall, A. B. Carlson, R. L. Dearforff and L. B. Parsons, to oust the defendants from their respective offices as directors of Union High School District No. 1 of Grant County, Oregon, and to annul the organization of the district. The action was tried by the Circuit Court upon an agreed statement of facts. The court made findings and conclusions of law, and rendered…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean

The action is brought under Section 366, L. O. L., which authorizes an action at law in the name of the state, upon the information of the prosecuting attorney, or upon the relation of a private party, against the person offending:

“(1) When any person shall usurp, intrude into, or unlawfully hold, or exercise any public office, civil or military, or any franchise within this state, or any office in a corporation either public or private, created or formed by or under the authority of this state; or * * (3) when any association or number of persons act within this state, as a corporation,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Straw v. HarrisOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  2. State v. Port of TillamookOregon Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Marsden v. HarlockerOregon Supreme Court · 1906
  4. State v. SengstackenOregon Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Roesch v. HenryOregon Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. Port of AstoriaOregon Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Campbell v. City of EugeneOregon Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Witham v. McNuttOregon Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Smith v. HurlburtOregon Supreme Court · 1923
  5. State Ex Rel. Brown v. BaileyOregon Supreme Court · 1935

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