Indiana Supreme Court December 19, 1895, No. 17,469 (Swindell v. State ex rel. Maxey)

Jordan, J.

The relators, James W. Maxey and William O’Keefe, instituted and prosecuted this action in the lower court, in the name of the State, to obtain a writ of mandate against the appellant, as the mayor of the city of Plymouth, Marshall county, Indiana, to compel him to recognize each of them as members of the common council of the city, and permit each of them to exercise the duties of the