Vickery v. Chase

The record in this cause presents for decision the question whether an act approved March 9th, 1875, entitled “ an act to establish a superior court in the county of Tippecanoe, defining its jurisdiction, providing for the election and compensation of the judge thereof; to abolish the criminal court of said county, and transferring its business to the circuit court thereof,” is constitutional.

It is claimed that the act is local and special, and therefore, in conflict with sections 22 and 23 of article 4 of our constitution. Section 22 prohibits the passage of local or special laws upon…