Legal Opinion

Board of Commissioners v. Davis

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 27, 1904No. 19,962PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Erom. Superior Court of. Tippecanoe County; H. II. Vinton, Judge. Action by Eobert Davis against the Board of Commissioners of Clinton County. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.

This action was brought by appellee, under section two of the act of March 1, 1899 (Acts 1899, p. 381, §2330 Burns 1901), to recover nine separate rewards for furnishing information which secured the conviction of nine persons for a violation of section one of said act (§2329 Burns 1901). It is provided by section one of said act of 1899'that anyone who “sells, barters or offers to sell or barter his vote, or offers to refrain from voting for any candidate or candidates at any general, special or primary election or convention, * * * or who shall' accept any money, property or thing of value,…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. State v. HawkinsOregon Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Schmidt v. Northern Life Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  4. Mayor of Baltimore v. Root ex rel. ArmstrongCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1855
  5. Hatch v. MannCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1835

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Dill v. FrazeIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Mount v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Virginia E. Alldredge and Julia A. Luker, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Venita Hargis v. The Good Samaritan Home, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Arkansas Bankers' Ass'n v. LigonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927
  5. Choice v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919

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