McCulloch v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Floyd Circuit Court; William C. Utz, Judge. Action by The State of Indiana against Thomas M. McCulloch and others. From a judgment for the State, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
This was a prosecution in the lower court in the name of the State against appellants, Thomas M. Mc-Culloch, Philip Strack and George B. Gardner, members of the board of public works of the city of New Albany, for an indirect contempt of the Ployd Circuit Court, alleged to have been committed by them in failing to obey a peremptory writ of mandate of said court, commanding them to remove all obstructions upon a certain alley in said city of New Albany.
The proceedings were instituted in the lower court on November 13, 1909, upon the affidavit of Prank Green. This affidavit charged that on June…
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