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Knox County Council v. State Ex Rel. McCormick

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1940No. Nos. 27,430, 27,431PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFansler, J.

These actions were instituted by the appellees seeking a mandate against the Knox County Council requiring it to make an appropriation sufficient to pay certain warrants which had been issued by the auditor pursuant to judgments of the Knox Circuit Court. There were judgments for the appellees.

The controversy arises out of allowances to the relators for services as attorneys in defending a pauper who was charged with murder, they having been appointed to defend by the court in which the criminal charge was pending for trial. The indictment in the criminal case was returned in Pike County, and…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Webb v. BairdIndiana Supreme Court · 1854
  4. Board of Commissioners v. AlbrightIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Board of Commissioners v. StoutIndiana Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by112 opinions

  1. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. State v. RushSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1966
  3. COM. Ex Rel. CARROLL v. TATESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  4. Wilson v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Commonwealth ex rel. Carroll v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971

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