Ah Poo v. Stevenson
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert GL Morrow, Judge. Writ of review by Ah Poo and others against John H. Stevenson, municipal judge, and others. From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. The plaintiffs obtained the issuance of a writ of review from the Circuit Court to review the judgment of the municipal court of the City of Portland wherein the plaintiffs were prosecuted for the violation of a city ordinance.
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From Multnomah: Robert GL Morrow, Judge. Writ of review by Ah Poo and others against John H. Stevenson, municipal judge, and others. From a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. The plaintiffs obtained the issuance of a writ of review from the Circuit Court to review the judgment of the municipal court of the City of Portland wherein the plaintiffs were prosecuted for the violation of a city ordinance. The writ was sustained and the judgment of the municipal court annulled as to all the plaintiffs except Ah Poo. The defendants appeal.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
The petition specifies that the municipal court had no jurisdiction to render the judgment sought to be reviewed for the reason that the ordinance alleged to have been violated “is unreasonable, oppressive and unconstitutional,” setting forth in detail the reasons for such claim. Becognizing the authority of the cases of Ah Sin v. Wittman, 198 U. S. 500 (49 L. Ed. 1142, 25 Sup. Ct. 756), and In re Ah Cheung, 136 Cal. 680 (69 Pac. 492), upholding a like ordinance of the city of San Francisco, the invalidity of the ordinance involved in the present case is not contended for by counsel for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ah Sin v. WittmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Wong v. City of AstoriaOregon Supreme Court · 1886
- State v. HorneOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- State v. EddyOregon Supreme Court · 1905
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