State ex rel. Knappen v. Clough

The action is in the nature of quo warranto to oust defendant from the office of county attorney of Isanti county, to which he was elected, on the ground of his ineligibility to the office. The only ground of ineligibility alleged is that he is not an attorney and counsellor at law, nor has ever been admitted to practice as such in any of the courts of the state. Section 7, art. 7, of the constitution provides that “ every person who, by the provisions of this article, shall be entitled to vote at any election, shall be eligible to any office which now is, or hereafter shall be, elective by…