Board of Commissioners v. Davis

Decided January 11, 1894. James McCabe wrote the opinion for the court.

136 Ind. 503 · Cited 61 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Grusenmeyer v. City of Logansport · 76 Ind. 549
• Flournoy v. City of Jeffersonville · 17 Ind. 169
• Farley v. Board of Commissioners · 126 Ind. 468
• Sims v. Board of Commissioners · 39 Ind. 40
• Board of Commissioners v. Karp · 90 Ind. 236
• Moffit v. State ex rel. Fleming · 40 Ind. 217
• City of Evansville v. State ex rel. Blend · 118 Ind. 426
• Gentile v. State · 29 Ind. 409
• Crocket v. State · 33 Ind. 416
• Ricketts v. Spraker · 77 Ind. 371
• Storms v. Stevens · 104 Ind. 46
• Groesch v. State · 42 Ind. 547
• Garrigus v. Board of Commissioners · 39 Ind. 66
• State ex rel. Pitman v. Tucker · 46 Ind. 355
• Gaither v. Farmers & Mechanics Bank of Georgetown Ex Rel. Corcorran · 26 U.S. 37
• Wiggins v. Keizer · 6 Ind. 252
• State ex rel. Yancey v. Hyde · 129 Ind. 296
• Town of Cicero v. Williamson · 91 Ind. 541
• Anderson v. State · 28 Ind. 22
• State ex rel. Dayton Gravel Road Co. v. Board of Commissioners · 131 Ind. 90
• O'Boyle v. Shannon · 80 Ind. 159
• City of Terre Haute v. Beach · 96 Ind. 143
• State ex rel. Trimble v. Swope · 7 Ind. 91
• Miller v. Embree · 88 Ind. 133
• State ex rel. French v. Johnson · 105 Ind. 463

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• State Ex Rel. Clark v. Stout, Trustee · 187 N.E. 267
• Christy v. Board of County Com'rs of Porter County · 295 N.E.2d 849
• In Re Northwestern Indiana Telephone Co. · 171 N.E. 65
• Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. Brown · 147 Ind. 476
• State Ex Rel. Smitherman v. Davis, Etc. · 151 N.E.2d 495
• City of Indianapolis v. Hawkins · 180 Ind. 382
• Collins v. Laybold · 182 Ind. 126
• Bruck v. State Ex Rel. Money · 91 N.E.2d 349
• Bryant v. Lake County Trust Company · 334 N.E.2d 730
• Evansville & Ohio Valley Railway Co. v. Southern Indiana Rural Electric Corp. · 109 N.E.2d 901
• Commissioner of Insurance v. American Life Ins. · 287 N.W. 368
• State Ex Rel. Tittle v. Covington Community Consolidated Schools of Fountain · 96 N.E.2d 334
• Board of Commissioners v. Reeves · 148 Ind. 467
• Curless v. Watson · 180 Ind. 86
• Hyde v. Board of Commissioners of Wells County · 198 N.E. 333
• Cushman v. Hussey · 187 Ind. 228
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Hoffman · 162 N.E. 403
• Brown v. State · 189 N.E. 133
• Noble v. City of Warsaw · 297 N.E.2d 916
• Hastings v. Board of Commissioners · 188 N.E. 207
• Miller v. Barton School Township, Gibson County · 20 N.E.2d 967
• Gannon, Auditor v. State, Ex Rel. · 145 N.E. 283
• Whitlatch v. School Town of Milan · 198 N.E. 85
• Board of Commissioners v. Conner · 155 Ind. 484
• Mode v. Beasley · 143 Ind. 306

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