Fisher v. Union County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Union: Robert Eakin, Judge. Writ of review by E. Fisher against Union County to review the action of the county court of said county in vacating a county road. From a judgment dismissing the writ, petitioner appeals. I. Jurisdiction is acquired by county courts to lay out, alter or vacate county roads by the presentation of a proper petition, accompanied by proof that notice of the proceeding has been given as required by statute (Hill’s Ann.
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From Union: Robert Eakin, Judge. Writ of review by E. Fisher against Union County to review the action of the county court of said county in vacating a county road. From a judgment dismissing the writ, petitioner appeals. I. Jurisdiction is acquired by county courts to lay out, alter or vacate county roads by the presentation of a proper petition, accompanied by proof that notice of the proceeding has been given as required by statute (Hill’s Ann. Laws, §§ 4062, 4063, and 4064; Johns v. Marion County, 4 Or. 46), and the process of locating or altering is the same as that of vacating: Vedder…
1Opinion of the Court
Mu. Chief Justice Mooue
delivered the opinion.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Union County dismissing a writ of review. The petition for the writ, omitting the title, prayer, subscription, and verification, is as follows :
“Now at this time comes the above-named plaintiff, E. Fisher, and by this, his petition, shows to the court and alleges: That the plaintiff resides in the vicinity of the county road hereinafter described, and is one of the remonstrators against the closing and vacation of the same; that heretofore, to wit, on the fourth day of April, 1900, one T.…
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