YAMHILL COUNTY v. DAUENHAUER


487 P.2d 1167 (1971)

YAMHILL COUNTY, a Political Subdivision of the State of Oregon, and Marion County, a Political Subdivision of the State of Oregon, and Jack Beeler, Yamhill County Clerk, Respondents, v. Carl J. DAUENHAUER, Richard Bodeen, Waldron A. Johnson, Marvin DeRaeve, Fred O. Bowyer, John Michael, Jr., Norval Goffena, John DeJong, Donald R. Massey, Glen W. Dickey, Jr., Kenneth N. Knutson, Eldon Fendall, Harold L. Mendenhall, Franklin Dale Schmitz, George M. DeRaeve, Andrew C. Van Otten, Irving S. Hanger, Melvin Bernards, Lois Bernards, Viola Sitton, Elmer Bernards, Noble Oberg, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, Department 1.

Decided August 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward N. Fadeley, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

Donald R. Blensly, McMinnville, argued the cause for respondents Yamhill County and Jack Beeler, Yamhill County Clerk. With him on the brief was Duane Ertsgaard, Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and FORT, JJ.


LANGTRY, Judge.

The defendants appeal from a declaratory judgment decree of the circuit court which held that an initiative measure proposed in Yamhill County "is not a proper and authorized exercise of the initiative procedure * * *."

In September 1968, the Board of Yamhill County Commissioners placed a bond measure on the general election ballot. It proposed financing the construction of a bridge across the Willamette River to Marion County. The measure...

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