Legal Opinion

Board of Trustees v. State ex rel. Eaton

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 1, 1911No. 21,799PublishedCited by 10 opinions

From Superior Court of Tippecanoe County; Henry H. Vinton, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Ira T. Eaton and others, against the Board of Trustees of the School City of LaFayette. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.

The relators, constituting a partnership, are the contractors for a series of writing-books to be furnished and supplied by them for the use of the common schools of the State for a period of five years from June 12, 1909. The contract was made by the relators with the State Board of School Book Commissioners, under the provisions and by authority of the act of March 2, 1889, and subsequent amendatory and supplementary acts. §6320 et seq. Burns 1908, Acts 1889 p. 74, Acts 1909 p. 377. The relators filed a petition in the trial court for a writ of mandate to require appellant to show cause why…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railroad v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. State ex rel. Clark v. Haworth, School Trustee of Monroe School TownshipIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  3. State ex rel. Goodwine v. CadwalladerIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Vandalia Railroad v. State ex rel. City of South BendIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. State ex rel. Town of Fort BranchIndiana Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Association of Classroom Teachers of Oklahoma City, Inc. v. Independent School District 89Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
  2. Gray v. City of Santa FeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
  3. Fox v. BarekmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  4. State Ex Rel. Schroeder v. MorrisIndiana Supreme Court · 1927
  5. State Ex Rel. Cleary v. Board of School CommissionersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1982

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