Maish v. Town of Schererville

GARRARD, Judge.

Maish was charged and in a court trial convicted of violating a speeding ordinance of the Town of Schererville. The town failed to introduce the ordinance into evidence at the trial. Maish moved for judgment on the evidence for this failure of proof, but his motion was denied. He appeals.

In Indiana the courts may not take judicial notice of municipal ordinances. They are subject to proof. Matter of Public Law No. 305 and Public Law No. 309 (1975), 268 Ind. 506, 334 N.E.2d 659; Woods v. Brown Co. Plan Comm. (1983), Ind.App., 446 N.E.2d 973; Enyart v. Blacketor (1976), 168…