Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Nickey v. Woodhull

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 13, 1901No. 4,204PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Original application for mandamus by the State on the relation of Addison B. Nickey and others to compel Joseph A. Woodhull, trial judge, to sign a bill of exceptions.

1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.

— Relators file in this court an original petition alleging that at a certain term of the Steuben Circuit Court, Woodhull presided as special judge in an action by *577one Zonker against relators wherein Zonker obtained a verdict ; that relators filed their motions for a new trial, the forty-second and forty-third grounds for which were misconduct of a juror, and error of the court in giving oral instructions when written instructions had been requested. Affidavits and an exhibit setting out the oral instructions were filed in support of the motion for a new trial, also' counter-affidavits were…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hawes v. People ex rel. PulverIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  2. State v. FriedleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Lewis v. FillionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1891

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Brooking v. BranyanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Good v. Western Pulaski County School Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1965

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