GEISER v. MYERS


439 P.2d 859 (1968)

Robert L. GEISER, Respondent, v. Clay MYERS, Secretary of State, and Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided April 11, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis S. Bonney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for appellants; with him on the brief were Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., and William T. Linklater, Asst. Atty. Gen.

Thomas B. Brand, Salem, argued the cause for respondent; on the brief were Brand, Lee & Scott, Salem.

Before PERRY, C.J., and McALLISTER, SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, HOLMAN, and LUSK, JJ.


LUSK, Justice.

At the 1967 Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly there was created an additional office of circuit court judge for the nineteenth judicial district comprising Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook Counties, to be known as Position No. 3.

Plaintiff, a resident, inhabitant, taxpayer, and voter in Columbia County, brought this suit to enjoin the secretary of state from certifying to the appropriate county clerks the names of candidates for such...

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