STATE EX REL. N.Y.C. RY. v. STARKE CIR. CT. ET AL.

No. 28,859.

231 Ind. 360 (1952)

108 N.E.2d 708

STATE EX REL. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. STARKE CIRCUIT COURT, LARAMORE, JUDGE, ETC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed November 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.L. Bomberger, Crumpacker & Friedrich, and Joseph L. Skozen, all of Hammond; Alfred J. Link, Frederick H. Link, Kenneth D. Osborn, John B. Dilworth, R.J. Salek, H.A. DeMyer, and Arthur I. Raelson, all of LaPorte; Farabaugh, Pettengill, Chapleau & Roper, Crumpacker, May, Beamer, Levy & Searer, all of South Bend; Oscar B. Smith, of Knox; Albert H. Cole, of Peru; Mox Ruge, of Chesterton; and J. Arden Rearick, of Lafayette, for petitioners.

Paul E. Reed, of Knox, for respondents.

J. Emmett McManamon, Attorney General; Fred A. Wiecking, Nicholas W. Sufana, and Obed T. Kilgore, Deputy Attorneys General, for Amicus Curiae.


JASPER, J.

This is an original action brought by relators for a writ of prohibition.

Relators contend that the eight circuit courts, the respondents, jointly and severally, are without jurisdiction to hear and determine the establishment of the "Kankakee Valley Conservancy District," in which a part or all of the counties of the eight circuit courts are located.

A petition was filed in the Starke Circuit Court for the establishment of the "Kankakee...

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