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State ex rel. Garn v. Board of Election Commissioners

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 31, 1906No. 20,940PublishedCited by 26 opinions

From Marshall Circuit Court; Harry Bernetha, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Edward Garn, against the Board of Election Commissioners of Marshall county and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.

September 29, 1906, relator, a citizen of Marshall county, filed his petition for an alternative writ of mandate, to require the board of election commissioners of said county, and John R. Jones and Francis Marion Burkett, constituting a majority of said board, to place on the official ballots, to be used at the next general election, in the second column of said ballot, under the device of *279the eagle, and accompanied with the designation, “Republican ticket,” a certain list of names of persons who had respectively been nominated for certain designated county offices. An alternative writ was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Cook v. HouserWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Martin v. MartinIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Smith v. PedigoIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Big Creek Stone Co. v. SewardIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Scott v. City of LaporteIndiana Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Kelso v. CookIndiana Supreme Court · 1916
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  3. Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. HensleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Central Indiana Railway Co. v. WishardIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Bryant v. OwensIndiana Supreme Court · 1953

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