Kaufmann v. State Board of Registration for Architects, Professional Engineers, & Land Surveyors

The appellant has filed a petition for the writ of mandamus to be directed to the defendant board, to compel it to grant appellant a certificate of registration as a professional engineer. We granted the appellant leave to appeal in the nature of mandamus from the action of the defendant board denying such registration.

The case involves a construction of the so-called “grandfather clause” in the act to license and regulate the practice of architecture, professional engineering and land surveying (Act No. 240, Pub. Acts 1937, as amended by Act No. 294, Pub. Acts 1941 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1940,…