School District Number Two v. Lambert
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is a mandamus proceeding by School District Number Two of Multnomah County to compel the treasurer of that county to pay an order drawn upon Mm by tbe county school superintendent in favor of the clerk of said district.
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Appeal from Multnomah: E. D. Shattuck, Judge. This is a mandamus proceeding by School District Number Two of Multnomah County to compel the treasurer of that county to pay an order drawn upon Mm by tbe county school superintendent in favor of the clerk of said district. The facts are that on May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the legislative assembly, by an act which took effect on that day, changed the boundaries of the City of Portland so that a part of the territory formerly within the city limits was excluded therefrom, and, by operation of law, the boundaries of school…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moore.
It is contended by the defendant that, the boundaries of the City of Portland having been changed and a portion of the territory cut off, the school district boundaries which were identical with those of the city were changed to the same extent by operation of law; that when a public corporation is divided by a legislative act, which makes no provision for the distribution of the assets and liabilities between the sections of the territory thus separated, courts are powerless to adjust the equities or to award such distribution; and that, conceding school district…
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