State Ex Rel. Schrage v. Boyle

This is an action in quo ivarranto brought by the State of Indiana, ex rel. Walter E. Schrage against the defendant to determine the title to the office of Mayor of the city of Whiting, Lake County, Indiana.

The complaint, among other things, alleges that at a regular meeting of the city council on January 3, 1930, the council elected the relator, Walter E. Schrage, to the office of mayor of said city; that the relator duly qualified, took possession of said office, exercised and performed the duties thereof, that at the city election held on November 5, 1929, one Francis D. McNamara, and the…