West Linn v. Tufts
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: Jambs U. Campbell, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a proceeding by mandamus by "West Linn, a municipal corporation, against J. A. Tufts, as Treasurer of Clackamas County, in which a writ was issued by the Circuit Court of said county, commanding the defendant to turn over to the plaintiff, a municipal corporation, all moneys collected by him during the year 1914 from road taxes levied by the local County Court upon property within…
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From Clackamas: Jambs U. Campbell, Judge. In Banc. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a proceeding by mandamus by "West Linn, a municipal corporation, against J. A. Tufts, as Treasurer of Clackamas County, in which a writ was issued by the Circuit Court of said county, commanding the defendant to turn over to the plaintiff, a municipal corporation, all moneys collected by him during the year 1914 from road taxes levied by the local County Court upon property within plaintiff’s limits or to show cause why he has not done so. As a reason for not obeying the writ, the defendant demurred…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The plaintiff is a self-constituted municipal corporation organized by the vote of its people August 14, *3061913, presumably under the sanction of Chapter 345, Laws of 1913. Having thus assumed municipal functions, the legal voters therein on December 29th of the same year enacted a new charter containing the following:
“Sec. 181. All road money collected during 1914 and subsequent years, arising from road taxes on property in West Linn levied by the County Court of Clackamas County or collected under the general laws for the improvement of roads and streets within said city shall belong…
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