Vigo County Council v. Vigo Superior Court, Division 1

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal comes to us from the trial court’s order, which substantially affirmed an order of mandate issued by the Vigo Superior Court. The mandate order directed that current funding for the Vigo Superior Court system be increased in order to upgrade court personnel salaries. The Council, under TR. 60.5, requested a trial on the merits. Judge William T. Sharp of the Owen Circuit Court was appointed special judge to hear the case. At the trial evidence was presented by both parties. After trial the court sustained a major portion of the mandate, but modified it to…