Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Williams v. Ellis

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 1916No. 22,868PublishedCited by 47 opinions

Original action in the Supreme Court by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Gene Williams, against Frank Ellis, as judge of the forty-sixth judicial circuit of Indiana, for writ of mandate. Defendant files answer to the complaint, to which the relator demurs.

1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.

Original action in this court under act of March 8, 1915 (Acts 1915 p.'207), for writ of mandate to compel defendant, judge of the Delaware Circuit Court, to call a named, elected and acting judge, to hear a cause in which a change of judge had been granted, and to prohibit further proceedings until the termination of this action. The complaint avers that on. and prior to June 14, 1915, defendant Ellis was the regularly elected and acting judge of the Delaware Circuit Court and that J. Frank Mann was the regularly elected and acting prosecuting attorney of Delaware County; that previous to…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. People v. . FieldingNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
  2. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. HarriettTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Dukes v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
  4. People ex. rel. Hughes v. MayMichigan Supreme Court · 1855
  5. State v. MoxleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1890

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Zehrlaut v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1951
  4. Ex Parte OwensCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1927
  5. Perfect v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1923

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