Legal Opinion

Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Town of Salem

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1904No. 20,190PublishedCited by 3 opinions

From Orange Circuit Court; T. B. Buskirlc, Judge. Action by the town of Salem against the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.

Appellee, in 1902, brought this action against appellant in the Washington Circuit Court to recover the penalty for an alleged violation of an ordinance of said town. The venue of said cause was changed to tlic court below, where appellant filed a motion to dismiss said cause for the reason that the circuit court had no jurisdiction thereof. The court below overruled said motion, to which ruling appellant excepted. A trial of said cause resulted in a finding and judgment against appellant. The assignment of errors calls in question the action of the court in overruling said motion to dismiss…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Town of WhitingIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  2. State ex rel. Hord v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Board of Commissioners v. MaxwellIndiana Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Board of Commissioners v. JewettIndiana Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Town of SalemIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  3. State Ex Rel. Howard v. Lake Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1954

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