Legal Opinion
City of Wabash v. Wabash County Sheriff's Department
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1990No. 85A04-8908-CV-372PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Presiding Judge.
This case of first impression arises out of a jurisdictional dispute as to who is responsible for the service of process of a city court. The Wabash County Sheriff's Department refused to serve the Wabash City Court processes (warrants, body attachments, contempt citations, summons, orders to appear, etc.) in the area located outside the Wabash City limits but within Wabash County. The City of Wabash (the City) filed a complaint against the Wabash County Sheriff's Department, Sheriff Larry L. Rice and Wabash County in the Wabash Cireuit Court seeking to mandate the…
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