State Ex Rel. Powers v. Welch

Peter W. Welch, who was elected surveyor of Multnomah county on November 4, 1952, was declared by the trial court, in a quo warranto proceeding, to be ineligible to hold such office because he did not possess the qualification set forth in ch 31, Oregon Laws 1949, as follows:

“* * * a person shall not be eligible to hold the office of county surveyor unless he is registered under the laws of the state of Oregon as a registered professional engineer or a registered professional land surveyor; * * *”

It is conceded by Welch that he did not have the above qualification. From such decision Welch…