Moran v. Miller, State Fire Marshal

On November 23, 1922, appellant Moran and appellant Mogle each filed in the St. Joseph Circuit Court his separate petition naming the appellee fire marshal as sole defendant, by means of which each petitioner professed to appeal from a decision of the state fire marshal made on September 29, purporting to review and in part confirm an order of the second deputy fire marshal, issued August 23, 1922, commanding that a designated brick building which had been damaged by fire should be torn down.

The petitions both sought to review the same order and were exactly alike, except for one alleging…