State Supreme Court / Ind.

Snelson v. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners

Decided May 27, 1861. Lorenzo Worden wrote the opinion for the court.

16 Ind. 29 · Cited 52 times

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State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. Clark · 4 Ind. 315
Woollen v. Board of Commissioners · 4 Ind. 331

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Halbert v. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners · 22 Ind. 125
State Ex Rel. City of Indianapolis v. Brennan · 109 N.E.2d 409
Chicago & Atlantic Railway Co. v. Sutton · 130 Ind. 405
Mishler v. County of Elkhart · 544 N.E.2d 149
State Ex Rel. Wilson, Etc. v. Howard Cir. Ct., Etc. · 145 N.E.2d 4
Stone v. Fritts · 169 Ind. 361
Stone v. Elliott · 182 Ind. 454
Eaton & Hamilton R. R. v. Hunt · 20 Ind. 457
Hiatt v. Town of Darlington · 152 Ind. 570
Board of Commissioners v. Gregory · 42 Ind. 32
City of Evansville v. Walker · 318 N.E.2d 388
In Re Marriage of Duke · 549 N.E.2d 1096
Curry v. Miller · 42 Ind. 320
State v. Osborn · 155 Ind. 385
State ex rel. Zable v. Benson · 70 Ind. 481
Board of Commissioners v. Bradley · 53 Ind. 422
Board of Commissioners v. Binford · 70 Ind. 208

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