Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Harp v. Vanderburgh Circuit Court
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 1949No. 28,530PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Dissent
DISSENTING OPINION
Young, J.
The author of the prevailing opinion has been unable to convince me, and I have been unable to convince myself, that the duly elected judge of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court should be prohibited from exercising jurisdiction in connection with action taken by his court during term. The power of a court over its judgments during the entire term at which they are rendered, is unlimited. 1 Freeman, Judgments, §§ 140, 194 (5th ed.). This rule has been consistently followed by the decisions of this court. State ex rel. Lawson v. Stodola (1948), 226 Ind. 631, 82 N. E. 2d…
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