Cook v. HILL

(Pro Tempore)

The plaintiff filed a complaint in the circuit court of Lane county against the directors of the River Road Park and Recreation District, contesting the validity of a bond election. A decree was entered in favor of defendants, sustaining the election but denying an award of attorney’s fees for defendants. The plaintiff has abandoned her cross-appeal from the adverse decree. The defendants appeal only from that portion of the decree denying attorney’s fees.

The defendants’ right to attorney’s fees depends upon the sole issue of whether ORS ch 251, the election contest general laws,…