Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Keifer v. Wheatley

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1903No. 20,026PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Erom Tipton Circuit Court; W. W. Mount, Judge. Quo warranto by the State on the relation of John Keifer against David M. Wheatley to remove respondent from the office of county assessor. Erom a judgment for respondent, relator appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.

On December 3, 1900, Keifer, the relator, commenced this, proceeding in the lower court by an information, or complaint, in the name of the State, on his own relation, for the purpose of expelling' appellee from the office of county assessor, and obtaining the possession thereof himself. A trial by the court resulted in a finding and judgment in favor of appellee, from which appellant appeals.

The errors assigned relate to the action of the court in overruling the demurrer to the first and second paragraphs of the answer.

*184The information consists of two paragraphs. The first, omitting the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McVeany v. Mayor, Aldermen & CommonaltyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  2. Relender v. State ex rel. UtzIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Vogel v. State ex rel. LandIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Griebel v. State ex rel. NiezerIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  5. State ex rel. Elliott v. BemenderferIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. McGuirk v. State Ex Rel. GottschalkIndiana Supreme Court · 1930
  2. State ex rel Freeman v. CarveySupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
  3. Black v. CummingsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1939
  4. State Ex Rel. Hogue v. SlackIndiana Supreme Court · 1928
  5. State, Ex Rel. v. Davisson, JudgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1925

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