Bush v. State ex rel. Wernecke
Indiana Supreme Court
From Vigo Circuit Court; Charles L. Pulliam, Judge. Action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Richard Wernecke, against Ernest G. Bush and others. From an adverse judgment, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
— This is an action of quo warranto brought by the State of Indiana, on the relation of the prosecuting attorney of the Forty-Third judicial circuit of Indiana, against .appellants. The material allegations of the complaint are as follows: “That said defendants have been for more than two years last past, and still are, usurping the franchise of being a corporation by the name and style of the Reservoir Improvement Company in the counties of Vigo and Clay in the State of Indiana; and that by that name.are pleading and being impleaded, contracting and being contracted with, and otherwise…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Reynolds v. State, ex rel. TitusIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- People Ex Rel. Attorney General Ex Rel. Boyer v. TeagueSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Burke v. MeadIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
- Robinson v. SkipworthIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
- State ex rel. Western Construction Co. v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
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- Abraham Lincoln L. Ins. Co. v. Moore, Admr.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1936