Legal Opinion

Board of Commissioners v. Jewett

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1915No. 22,884PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From Marion Circuit Court (25,266); Louis B. Ewbank, Judge. Action by Charles W. Jewett against the Board of Commissioners of the County of Marion. From a • judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.

The Constitution of the State provides as follows in reference to the legislative department of the State: “The general assembly shall, at its second session after the adoption of this Constitution, and every six years thereafter, cause an enumeration to be made of all male inhabitants over the age of twenty-one years.” Constitution, Art. 4, §4. And following this there is the following provision: “The number of Senators and Representatives shall, at the session next following each period *65of making such enumeration, be fixed by law, and apportioned among the several counties, according to the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Parker v. State ex rel. PowellIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  2. McCoy v. AbleIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Denney v. State ex rel. BaslerIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  4. State ex rel. Workman v. GoldthaitIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Standard Oil Co. v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionIndiana Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Town Council of New Harmony v. ParkerIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  3. State, Ex Rel. Gary Taxpayers' Ass'n v. Lake Superior CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Town of Walkerton v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Citizens Gas and Coke Utility v. SloanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1964

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