Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Burton v. CITY OF PRINCETON
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 1956No. 29,330PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEmmert, J.
The decisive issue in this appeal is whether the relator, a former member of the police department of the City of Princeton, was barred by laches from recovéring in his action to mandate his restoration as a member of such police department. The trial court, upon its special finding of facts, concluded as a matter of law that relator was guilty of laches, and that the law was with the appellees, and from the adverse judgment thereon the State, on relation of Burton, appeals.
Princeton is a city of the fifth class, and on or about January 1, 1980, relator was employed as one of its policemen.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Wood v. Board of Assessors & Collector of TaxesNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Ryason v. DuntenIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
- Coleman v. City of GaryIndiana Supreme Court · 1942
- Wampler v. State ex rel. AlexanderIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. State ex rel. Hammond Elevator Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1905
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lopp v. Peninsula School District No. 401Washington Supreme Court · 1978
- STATE EX REL. AMERICAN FLETCHER ETC. v. Lake S. Ct.Indiana Supreme Court · 1961
- State Ex Rel. Cleary v. Board of School CommissionersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982
- Town of Plymouth v. Church-DlugokenskiConnecticut Superior Court · 2003
- State ex rel. American Fletcher National Bank & Trust Co. v. Lake Superior CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1961
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