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State ex rel. Clark v. Haworth

122 Ind. 462, 23 N.E. 946 (1890)

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State ex rel. Clark v. Haworth

Indiana Supreme Court
122 Ind. 462, 23 N.E. 946 (1890)

  • Written by Alexander Hager-DeMyer, JD

Facts

In 1889, the State of Indiana (plaintiff) passed a law that mandated the books to be used in the state’s schools, as well as the process to be used to contract and purchase the selected books. The law required certain school trustees in townships to certify to the county superintendent how many textbooks the township needed and to purchase the books using the methods laid out in the law. Haworth (defendant), a school trustee in the Monroe School Township of Howard County, Indiana, refused to follow the legal requirements, and the state filed suit at the trial-court level for a writ of mandamus to compel Haworth to comply with the law. Haworth challenged the constitutionality of the law, and the case was appealed to the Indiana Court of Appeals, which ruled in favor of Haworth. The state appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Elliott, J.)

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