City of Terre Haute v. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad

Decided February 16, 1897. Leander J. Monks wrote the opinion for the court.

149 Ind. 174 · Cited 57 times

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• Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Co. v. City of Anderson · 139 Ind. 490
• State Ex Rel. Guerguin v. McAlister · 31 S.W. 187
• French v. State ex rel. Harley · 141 Ind. 618
• Steele v. Empsom · 142 Ind. 397
• Waldo v. Wallace · 12 Ind. 569
• City of Fort Wayne v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 132 Ind. 558
• Chicago & Indiana Coal Railway Co. v. Hunter · 128 Ind. 213
• State ex rel. Yancey v. Hyde · 129 Ind. 296
• Lafayette Plankroad Co. v. New Albany & Salem Railroad · 13 Ind. 90
• Caskey v. City of Greensburgh · 78 Ind. 233
• White Water Valley Railroad v. McClure · 29 Ind. 536
• Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad v. Horn · 41 Ind. 479
• Newcastle & Richmond Railroad v. Peru & Indianapolis Railroad · 3 Ind. 464
• Bradley v. City of Frankfort · 99 Ind. 417
• Murphy v. Beard · 138 Ind. 560
• Evansville & Richmond Railroad v. Swift · 128 Ind. 34
• Smith v. Goodknight · 121 Ind. 312

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• Martin v. Ben Davis Conservancy District · 153 N.E.2d 125
• Cemetery Co. v. Warren School Township · 139 N.E.2d 538
• Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. City of Terre Haute · 161 Ind. 26
• In Re County Com'rs of Counties Comprising Seventh Judicial Dist. · 98 P. 557
• State Ex Rel. Buttz v. Marion Circuit Court · 72 N.E.2d 225
• Harrell v. Sullivan · 40 N.E.2d 115
• Bemis v. Guirl Drainage Co. · 182 Ind. 36
• FGS Enterprises, Inc. v. Shimala · 625 N.E.2d 1226
• In Re Petition for Appointment of Magistrates · 24 N.E.2d 773
• City of Greenfield v. Hancock County Rural Electric Membership Corp. · 312 N.E.2d 867
• St. Ex Rel. Sch. C. of South Bend v. Thompson, Aud. · 6 N.E.2d 710
• Bradley v. City of New Castle · 730 N.E.2d 771
• State Ex Rel. County Welfare Board v. Starke Circuit Court · 147 N.E.2d 585
• State ex rel. White v. Barker · 116 Iowa 96
• City of Indianapolis v. Navin · 151 Ind. 139
• Arnett v. State, ex rel. Donohue · 168 Ind. 180
• McCleary v. Babcock · 169 Ind. 228
• Board of Commissioners v. State ex rel. Brown · 147 Ind. 476
• Gold v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway · 153 Ind. 232
• Smith v. Indianapolis Street Railway Co. · 158 Ind. 425
• In re Application of the Bank of Commerce · 153 Ind. 460
• Helms v. Bell · 155 Ind. 502
• City of Indianapolis v. State ex rel. Barnett · 172 Ind. 472
• State ex rel. Gleason v. Gerdink · 173 Ind. 245
• Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. Board of Commissioners · 156 Ind. 260

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