Sweigart v. State

This was an action by the State of Indiana against the appellant, George W. Sweigart, clerk of the Lake Circuit Court, to recover a penalty for the unlawful issuance of a marriage license, brought under §44-204 Burns 1933, §5635 Baldwin’s 1934, and for a temporary and final injunction. The complaint alleged, in substance, that George W. Sweigart was the clerk of the Lake Circuit Court and as. such clerk on the 14th day of October, 1937, issued and delivered to Henry Joseph Fortman and Louise Rains a license to marry; that at said time said Louise Rains was a female person who was not a…