State v. Chadwick
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Marion County. STATEMENT. This was a suit in equity for an accounting, brought by tbe state of Oregon against tbe defendants in tbe circuit court for Marion county.
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Appeal from Marion County. STATEMENT. This was a suit in equity for an accounting, brought by tbe state of Oregon against tbe defendants in tbe circuit court for Marion county. Tbe complaint was filed June 3, 1879. It alleges, in substance, that tbe defendant, S. F. Chadwick, was the duly elected and qualified secretary of state, and acting governor of the state of Oregon, from February 2, 1877, to September 9, 1878, and that the defendant, A. H. Brown, was the duly elected, qualified and acting treasurer of said state during said period. That during said period said defendant, ex-officio…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Watson, O. J., Waldo, J.,
concurring,
Lord J., not sitting.
The original complaint in this suit was not subscribed by the district attorney of the 3d judicial district, when the suit was brought, and the appellants, the defendants below, moved to strike it from the files of the court on this ground, and also attempted to raise the same point by demurrer. The circuit court overruled both the motion and demurrer *427and the appellants therefore filed their answer and the cause was heard and determined upon the merits. The decree of the circuit court being against the appellants, they bring…
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