State ex inf. Tongue v. Gilbert
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clatsop: James A. Eakin, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action in the nature of a quo warranto by the State of Oregon, upon the information of E. B. Tongue, district attorney in and for the fifth judicial district of Oregon, against Alexander Gilbert, W. E. Lewis, Louis Heinrich, Monroe Grimes, William B. Dresser, J. E. Brallier, D. Henshaw, J. L. Berry, F. S. Godfrey and J. E. Dillian.
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From Clatsop: James A. Eakin, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action in the nature of a quo warranto by the State of Oregon, upon the information of E. B. Tongue, district attorney in and for the fifth judicial district of Oregon, against Alexander Gilbert, W. E. Lewis, Louis Heinrich, Monroe Grimes, William B. Dresser, J. E. Brallier, D. Henshaw, J. L. Berry, F. S. Godfrey and J. E. Dillian. The facts appear to be as follows: The town of Seaside and the City of West Seaside, at the times mentioned in the complaint herein, were contiguous, municipal…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
In 1893 the legislative assembly passed an act (Laws 1893, p. 119), general in its terms, providing not only for the incorporation of new towns and cities, hut also for the consolidation of two or more contiguous, municipal corporations, as well as for the enlargement of the boundaries of municipal corporations, and enacting a general charter for cities and towns organized by virtue of the act. One section of that law, being Section 3210, L. O. L., reads as follows:
“Two or more contiguous municipal corporations may become consolidated into one corporation after proceedings had as required in…
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