Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Clayton

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 19, 1937No. 26,644PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtTremain, C. J.

— The relators filed this action, in quo warranto, in which they charged that at the November election, 1929, in the City of Gary, the relator, Roswell O. Johnson, was elected mayor, and the relator, Herman L. Key, was elected city judge of that city, and both were duly qualified and inducted into office on the 6th day of January, 1930, for a term of four years.

It is alleged that the appellees, Lee B. Clayton and William Fletcher, claiming to be the elected mayor and city judge, respectively, of said city, were inducted into office January 1, 1935, by virtue of an election held on the 6th day…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. CarrollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1871
  2. Parker v. State ex rel. PowellIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  3. State ex rel. Harrison v. MenaughIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Felker v. CaldwellIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Miller v. State Ex Rel. TuthillIndiana Supreme Court · 1930

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Book v. State Office Building CommissionIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
  2. Saloom v. HolderIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Shutt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Book v. State Office Building CommissionIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Saloom v. HolderIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973

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