Swartz v. Board of Commissioners
Indiana Supreme Court
From Lake Circuit Court; E. P. Hammond, Special Judge. Suit by Henry P. Swartz to enjoin the board of commissioners of Lake county from constructing a courthouse at the city of Hammond. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, C. J.
By an act of the legislature of this State, passed in 1895, entitled, “An act to establish a superior court for the counties of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte, defining its authority, and jurisdiction, providing for the appointment, election, commission, and compensation of the judge thereof, and for clerk and sheriff, compensation of same, and places and times of holding said court, and declaring an emergency,” a superior court was created for the counties of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte. Acts 1895, p. 210. Section 5 of this statute provided that the clerk of the circuit court and the sheriff of the…
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