Mott v. State ex rel. Klitzke

— The relator, who is a minor, was fined in the Hammond city court, for the violation of an ordinance of said city. On appeal from this judgment to the Lake Superior Court, the relator was found not guilty, and recovered a judgment for costs against the city. On the refusal of the city to pay the judgment so recovered, this action was brought by the relator for a writ of mandate against the appellants, who are the mayor, common council, and clerk of said city, to require the allowance of his claim and the issue of a warrant for its payment. The trial resulted in the granting of a peremptory…