Cummins v. Jones
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: George E. Bagley, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. A. B. Cummins and others commenced a suit against Linn E. Jones, as mayor, and E. L. Shaw, as chief of police of Oregon City, Oregon.
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From Clackamas: George E. Bagley, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Benson. A. B. Cummins and others commenced a suit against Linn E. Jones, as mayor, and E. L. Shaw, as chief of police of Oregon City, Oregon. The facts in the case at bar are ás follows: On September 8,1915, the city council of Oregon City passed an ordinance entitled: “An ordinance providing that public utility vehicles shall not be operated in Oregon City except under or by virtue of a franchise or franchises given or granted by Oregon City. ’ ’ Section 1 of this ordinance is devoted to definitions of the phrase “public…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr: Justice Benson
delivered the opinion of the court.
1. It is obvious from the mere reading of the “resolution” above set out that it is not a resolution or *279authoritative act of the council, but merely a recommendation of a committee, and the record does not disclose that the council ever acted thereon. We therefore dismiss it from our consideration and turn to our investigation of the ordinance. In Section 1 we find the definition of a “public utility vehicle” to mean:
“Any auto car, auto bus, jitney, omnibus, automobile, taxicab, or other vehicles propelled, operated, driven or drawn by any…
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