Eaton v. Mimnaugh
Oregon Supreme Court
From Union: Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Judge. Suit by A. E. Eaton and. others against J. H. Mimnaugh, County Clerk of Union County, to restrain the latter from giving notice of a special election for the relocation of the county seat of Union County, and incurring the necessary expense incident thereto. A demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and from the resulting decree plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
delivered the opinion..
This suit involves the constitutionality of an act of the legislature of 1903 for the relocation of the county seat of Union County (Laws 1903, p. 104), declaring that a special election shall be held on the first Monday in November, 1903, for the purpose stated, defining the duties of the county clerk in connection with such election, and prescribing the qualifications of voters thereat, and the manner of conducting the same. It is also provided that no place shall be voted for except the cities of Union and La Grande; that, if La Grande shall receive 55 per cent of…
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