Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Beard
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 1894No. 16,897PublishedCited by 13 opinions
From the Huntington Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHackney, C. J.
The record presents the question of the sufficiency of two paragraphs of complaint to which the circuit court sustained a demurrer.
The facts alleged in each paragraph were that the appellant held a tract of land by purchase under a mortgage of September, 1872, a foreclosure in April, 1879, a sale in 1889, and a sheriff’s deed in 1890; that the appellee, as treasurer of Huntington county, was threatening to enforce against said land certain assessments of benefits from the construction of a free gravel road, which assessments were apportioned and charged against said land in proceedings…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Provident Institution for Savings v. Mayor of Jersey CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Watts v. SweeneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Robinson v. RippeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- State ex rel. Ely v. Ætna Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Cook v. State ex rel. WhittenIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by13 opinions
- City of Terre Haute v. Evansville & Terre Haute RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Baldwin v. MoroneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
- Erie v. Piece of LandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Nalle v. EavesTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- In Re Proposed Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
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