Dunn v. State ex rel. Eakin
Indiana Supreme Court
From Monroe Circuit Court; J. B. Wilson, Judge. Action by' tbe State of Indiana, on relation of Julia S. Eakin, against Frank J. Dunn, as mayor of Bloomington, and the common council of said city, for a writ of mandate to compel them to remove an obstruction to an alley. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Jobdan, O. J.
The relatrix prosecuted this action to secure a writ of mandamus to compel appellants, as mayor and members of the common council of the city of Bloomington, Monroe county, Indiana, to remove obstructions which had been placed across a certain alley of said city. The obstructions consisted of a fence and gate which had been built or constructed across said alley at a point thereon near certain real estate claimed to be owned by one Mary Stewart, and had been maintained as an obstruction of said alley since the 12th day of May, 1902. They served to prevent the free use by the…
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