Humphries v. Black Betsy Consolidated Coal Co.

It seems to me that the legality of the contract between the defendant and the county court does not properly arise in this case. That was a question in which the defendant, the court and the taxpayers alone were interested. The plaintiff, as a taxpayer, could have raised the question in a timely proceeding. But as a stranger to the agreement he is not entitled to do so at this late day, merely to advance a personal demand. The general rule is well established that “It is only the parties to a contract that have a right to question its validity.” Woodruff v. Board, 10 Ind. App. 179, 37 N. E.…