Oregon & Cal. R. R. v. Jackson County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Jackson: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. This is a suit by the Oregon & California Railroad Company and another against Jackson County, Oregon, and another to- enjoin the collection of certain taxes attempted to be levied upon the roadbed and certain lands described in the land grant of the Oregon & California Railroad Company.
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From Jackson: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. This is a suit by the Oregon & California Railroad Company and another against Jackson County, Oregon, and another to- enjoin the collection of certain taxes attempted to be levied upon the roadbed and certain lands described in the land grant of the Oregon & California Railroad Company. The complaint, omitting some allegations of a formal nature, states, in substance, that at the general election of 1894, G„ A. Jackson was elected assessor of Jackson County, and at the following general election was elected clerk thereof; that he continued in the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
1. The question of primary importance relates to the jurisdiction of a court of equity to entertain the suit, and in this connection it is insisted that, if such jurisdiction be held to exist, the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of suit. The defendants having answered over, all intendments must be indulged in favor of the sufficiency of the complaint, and the question now is, will it support a decree ? When tested by demurrer, the rule is, as counsel suggest, that the allegations are to be construed most strongly against the pleader; but this condition is…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Taylor v. SecorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Dows v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Taylor v. Louisville & N. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
- Merrill v. HumphreyMichigan Supreme Court · 1871
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Appeal of KliksOregon Supreme Court · 1937
- Ankeny v. BlakleyOregon Supreme Court · 1903
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