Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Alexander v. Coover

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 6, 1913No. 21,815PublishedCited by 2 opinions

From Clark Circuit Court; Harry C. Montgomery, Judge. Mandamus by the State of Indiana, on the relation of James Alexander, against William E. Coover, State Veterinarian of Indiana, to compel the appointment of an appraiser to assist in the appraisement of a diseased animal of the relator. From a judgment denying the relief, the relator appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtErwin, J.

This was an action by appellant, on a petition asking that a writ of mandate issue, ordering and commanding the said William E. Coover, State Veterinarian of Indiana, to appoint an appraiser, who with another, appointed fey relator, may appoint another appraiser, who is a freeholder of said county; that the three appraisers may then under oath or affirmation appraise a certain cow, which it is alleged had been condemned by the appellee, State Veterinarian, under the law of the State of Indiana, enacted by the General Assembly for the year 1909 (Acts 1909 p. 443).

The relator avers that he was,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Spindler v. ScheimanIndiana Supreme Court · 1913

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Spindler v. ScheimanIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
  2. Clendaniel v. ShoemakerBaltimore City Superior Court · 1928

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