Legal Opinion
Newcomb v. City of Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 28, 1895No. 17,400PublishedCited by 11 opinions
From the Marion Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
Appellant, as a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Indianapolis, instituted this action in the lower court for an injunction. As against the municipal corporation and its several officials, appellees herein, it was sought by the action to enjoin them from turning-over their official functions or duties, alleged to be incumbent upon each, to appellees, Denny, Daniels, Pickens, Brown and White.
It is charged in the complaint that these last mentioned persons are assuming to act as a pretended board of examiners, after the manner of a “civil service commission,” and are thereby interfering with…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hitchcock v. GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Mayor, Etc., of N.Y. v. . SandsNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Stief v. . HartNew York Court of Appeals · 1847
- Duncan v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- City of Anderson v. O'ConnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Rourke v. BarbieriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- State ex rel. Buell v. FrearWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Heck v. HallSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Otto v. FieldNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
- Girard Trust Co. v. Tampashores Development Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1928
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