State Ex Rel. City of Eugene v. Woodrich

By petition for a writ of mandamus the City of Eugene brings to this court the question whether a circuit court may deny or delay an order of immediate possession of land, when the city has brought an action to condemn the land and has deposited the estimated compensation with the circuit court. The course of the proceedings presents issues of mandamus procedure in this court interrelated with events in the condemnation action in the circuit court.

The city filed its petition on January 17,1983, and we issued an alternative writ on February 25. The writ recited the following facts.

In July…