State ex rel. Patty v. McKee
Oregon Supreme Court
Yamhill county: R. P. Boise, Judge. Plaintiffs appeal. This proceeding was instituted in the name of the state of Oregon ex rel. G. M. Patty against the defendant to try the right to the office of director in school districts Nos. 33 and 46, said districts being on the line between Polk and Yamhill counties.
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Yamhill county: R. P. Boise, Judge. Plaintiffs appeal. This proceeding was instituted in the name of the state of Oregon ex rel. G. M. Patty against the defendant to try the right to the office of director in school districts Nos. 33 and 46, said districts being on the line between Polk and Yamhill counties. The complaint alleges in substance that G. M. Patty, G. M. Allen and A. Sheldon are the legally elected and qualified directors of school districts Nos. 33 and 46 in Yamhill and Polk counties in said state, to which said office of director said G. M. Patty was duly elected and qualified…
1Opinion of the CourtStrahan, C. J.
— The main question presented by this record is this: Was G. M. Allen or J. P. Beeler the oldest *124in office of the directors present at the school meeting mentioned, and therefore had the right to act as chairman of the meeting? The meaning of the language employed in the act must determine the question. The section is as follows: “Section 2601. The oldest in office of the directors present shall act as chairman of all meetings; and in case neither of the directors is present, the qualified voters present shall elect a chairman.”
The findings show when Mr. Beeler became a director, which is…
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