County Court of Marion County v. Carpenter

Hatcher, Judge:

The above styled actions are six separate notices of motion for judgment which involve the same question and were accordingly consolidated by order of this Court. Each proceeding is brought against a former overseer of the poor of the county of Marion for the purpose of recovering allowances to him in excess of those made by law. A plea in abatement, filed in each proceeding, was sustained by the circuit court. The plea raised two questions: (1) Was the order entered by the county court directing the prosecution of these suits legally entered? and (2) was the order sufficiently…