Ruonala v. Board of County Commissioners

This appeal challenges a judgment which the circuit court for Multnomah county entered in favor of the plaintiffs in a mandamus proceeding-. The plaintiffs, ten in number, are deputy constables who are employees of Multnomah county and whose principal duty consists of the service of process issued by the district court for Multnomah county. The defendants are the Board of County Commissioners for Multnomah County, the Multnomah County Civil Service Commission and the members of those two boards. The office of the sheriff of Multnomah county employs six deputy sheriffs whose principal duty is…