Porter v. State ex rel. Dunkleberg

This action was brought to compel appellant, a township trustee, by writ of mandamus, to issue to appellee’s relator a certificate exempting him from *489working on the public highways, on the ground that he was a member of a fire company.

An alternative writ was issued, to which a demurrer was sustained, and an appeal was taken to this court, where the same was reversed. State, ex rel., v. Porter, Trustee, 134 Ind. 63.

When the case was returned to the court below four paragraphs of answer were filed, the first of which was a general denial. A demurrer to each paragraph of answer, except the…