Cannon v. Gardner

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

At the general election in November 1978, defendant Clair M. Gardner was elected as Salt Lake County Surveyor. Prior to his taking office, the county attorney initiated this action to enjoin him from doing so on the ground that he was not a registered land surveyor. 1 Pursuant to proceedings not material to detail here, District Judge G. Hal Taylor issued a preliminary, and later, a permanent injunction that the defendant be enjoined from taking office as Salt Lake County Surveyor.

The position of the defendant is that the law does not prevent him from serving in the…