Beckett v. Houston
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Fayette Common Pleas. This was an information filed by William H. Houston, John R. McCabe, Henry C. Veach, George Miller, and John King, for and in the name of the State, on their own relation, against Azariah T. Beckett, John Stoops, Achilles Backhouse, Matthias M. Moore, and Samuel Backhouse.
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APPEAL from the Fayette Common Pleas. This was an information filed by William H. Houston, John R. McCabe, Henry C. Veach, George Miller, and John King, for and in the name of the State, on their own relation, against Azariah T. Beckett, John Stoops, Achilles Backhouse, Matthias M. Moore, and Samuel Backhouse. The information alleged, inter alia, that the relators were stockholders in the “ Brookville and Connersville Turnpike Company,” a corporation duly organized under the general law of May 12th, 1852, authorizing the construction of plank, macadamized, and gravel roads, and the subsequent…
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
It is insisted that the court erred in overruling the demurrer to the information. One objection urged is, that the information should have been filed by the prosecuting attorney.' "We do not think so. It is provided by statute that the information may be filed by the prosecuting attorney, upon his- own relation, whenever he shall deem it his duty to do so, or shall be directed by the court or other competent authority; “ or by any other person on his own relation, whenever he claims an interest in the office, franchise, or corporation which is the subject of the information.” Here the…
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