An action may be maintained in the name of the state for the purpose of vacating or annulling letters patent, issued by the state, against the person to whom the letters were issued, or those claiming under the person, as to the subject matter thereof, in the following cases:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 30.600

  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(1) When the letters patent were issued by means of some fraudulent suggestion or concealment of a material fact by the person to whom the letters were issued, or with the knowledge and consent of the person;

(2) When the letters patent were issued through mistake or in ignorance of a material fact; or

(3) When the patentee, or those claiming under the patentee, have done or omitted an act, in violation of the terms and conditions on which the letters patent were issued, or have by any other means forfeited the interest acquired under the letters. [Amended by 2001 c.104 § 8]