HOFFMAN v. FRENCH

TC 102347; CA 10232; SC 25927.

599 P.2d 452 (1979)

287 Or. 323

LaVonne HOFFMAN, Petitioner, v. Donna FRENCH, Administrator of the District Court of Marion County, and Donald D. Paynter, Real Party at Interest, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided September 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Ryder, Marion-Polk Legal Aid Service, Inc., Salem, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

No appearance by respondents.


LINDE, Justice.

Petitioner, defendant in a "forcible entry and detainer" action in the District Court for Marion County, sought review of an adverse judgment by means of a writ of review in the circuit court. The circuit court and, on appeal, the Court of Appeals held that the writ of review was not available to review decisions of the district court as an "inferior court," ORS 34.020, after Oregon Laws 1975, ch. 611, made the district court a court of record whose...

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