State Ex Rel. Stadter v. Patterson

On 6 December 1952 there was filed with the clerk of this court a complaint and information in the nature of quo warranto. The proceeding was brought in the name of the State of Oregon on the relation of Edward O. Stadter, Jr., District Attorney of Marion County. The plaintiff asks this court to take original jurisdiction of the cause and thereafter to issue an order directing the defendant Paul L. Patterson to appear and show cause why judgment should not be rendered against him that he is guilty of usurping, intruding into and unlawfully holding and exercising the office and functions of…