Baker v. Kirk

The appellee -commenced in the -court below a proceeding by mandamus against the appellant, as the Governor-of the State -of Indiana, to-compel Mm to issue t© the appellee a commission, as a director of the Southern State Prison, for the term of four years from the 11th day of January, 1871.

Upon the filing -of the petition,, the appellee moved the ■court for an alternative writ of mandate, directed to Conrad Baker, Governor of the .State of Indiana, requiring Mm to sliow cause why a peremptory writ of mandate should not be issued, directing .and requiring him, as the Governor of the State of…