State v. Holman
Oregon Supreme Court
Original proceedings in Supreme Court. This is an original proceeding by the State on the information of Walter H. Evans, District Attorney for Multnomah County, against Rufus C. Holman. A demurrer filed by the defendant to the information was sustained and the action dismissed. The facts upon which the action are founded are set forth in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
This is an action analogous to quo warranto instituted in this court, in the name of the state, upon the information of Walter H. Evans, the proper prosecuting attorney, to ascertain the right of Rufus C. Holman to act as- county commissioner of Multnomah County, Oregon; to determine the efficacy of orders made, judgments given, and decrees rendered by Thomas J. Cleeton while acting as a circuit judge of that county and of -other counties of the state; and also to decide the validity of orders, etc., made, given and rendered in all probate matters in Multnomah County since Chapter 378 of the…
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