Legal Opinion

Reising v. City of Portland

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided November 1, 1910PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. This is an action by J. F. Reising against the city of Portland, a municipal corporation in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, to recover the salary alleged to be due plaintiff, as a detective on the police force of the city. From a judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff upon the pleadings, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin

This is an action to recover from the city of Portland $2,905.56 as salary alleged to be due to plaintiff, a detective on the police force of the city. The substance of the facts alleged is that the charter of the city of Portland enacted by the legislature in January, 1903, provides for the appointment of all officers and employees in the subordinate administrative service of the city under the civil service provisions of the charter, which include all policemen and detectives, except the chief of police. The executive board consists of ten members besides the mayor, and is the general…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  2. Ogden v. SaundersSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
  3. Anderson v. RitterbuschSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  4. Fitzsimmons v. . City of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. People ex rel. Throop v. LangdonMichigan Supreme Court · 1879

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Gentry v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1937
  2. Askay v. MaloneyOregon Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Peterson v. City of ButteMontana Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Buckalew v. City of GrangevilleIdaho Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Morris v. ParksOregon Supreme Court · 1933

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