State Ex Rel. Murchie v. Bath

This is an appeal from a judgment for refusal of appellant to amend his complaint after a demurrer had been sustained thereto. The complaint charged that at a general election held in Marion County in 1946, Emsley Johnson, Jr., was duly elected Judge of the Marion Superior Court, Room No. 8, and qualified and acted as judge thereof until December .31, 1947, when he resigned. Thereupon the Governor of Indiana appointed William R. Higgins to act as judge of said Superior Court, Room No. 3, to serve until his successor was elected and qualified. That before the primary election in May of 1948,…