Legal Opinion
Putnam v. Norblad
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1930PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBean, J.
The alternative writ further shows that the petitioner George Putnam is a citizen of the state of Oregon and a duly registered and qualified elector and taxpayer in Marion county, Oregon; that Senator-elect Lloyd T. Reynolds died on November 24,1930, and that there is a vacancy in the office of senator from the district in the legislative assembly which will convene on January 12, 1931.
Section 3, article IV of the Constitution, previous to its amendment, provided that “The senators and representatives shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties or districts into which the state…
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