Legal Opinion
In Re Petition for Appointment of Magistrates
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1940No. 27,288PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTremain, J.
The question of the constitutionality of Chapter 164, Acts of the General Assembly of 1939, p. 753, §§ 4-3801 to 4-3809, Burns’ 1933 (Sup'p.) §§ 2008-1 to 2008-9, Baldwin’s 1939, is présented as the sole question for determination in this appeal. The act is known as the Magistrates Court Act.
Section 1 provides: “There shall be and is hereby created and established in each county of the state a magistrates court.” That section prescribes the name of the court in each county, divisions thereof, and that: “The court shall be a court of record.”
Section 2 of the act provides that there shall be…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- State ex rel. Hovey v. NobleIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- State ex rel. Jameson v. DennyIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- City of Terre Haute v. Evansville & Terre Haute RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- State ex rel. Yancey v. HydeIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. BrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Matheney v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
- Martin v. Ben Davis Conservancy DistrictIndiana Supreme Court · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Smith v. Starke Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1981
- State Ex Rel. Buttz v. Marion Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1947
- Rodgers v. RodgersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
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