Shira v. State ex rel. Ham
Indiana Supreme Court
From Wabash Circuit Court; A. II. Plummer, Special Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on relation of Avery G. Ham and others, against Milton E. Shira and others, as members of the board of police commissioners of the city of Marion. From a judgment for the relators, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
— This action was instituted by the relators, in the name of the state, for the purpose of com*443pelling the members of the board of police commissioners of .the city of Marion to vacate a certain order entered by such board dismissing the relators from the police force of said city, and to procure their reinstatement as members of that force.
The complaint charges in substance that each of the relators was dismissed from the service of the city without previous notice and without reason, except to make room for the appointment of other persons to the police force; that such other persons were in…
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