Case Name: The State of Indiana, ex rel. Gleason, v. Lyons, Mayor
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1909-12-17
Citations: 173 Ind. 278
Docket Number: No. 21,382
Parties: The State of Indiana, ex rel. Gleason, v. Lyons, Mayor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 173
Pages: 278–278

Head Matter:
The State of Indiana, ex rel. Gleason, v. Lyons, Mayor.
[No. 21,382.
Filed December 17, 1909.]
Appeal. — Dismissal—Moot Questions. — Costs.—An appeal will not be entertained in order to determine merely a question of costs.
Prom Yigo Circuit Court; Charles M. Fortune, Judge.
Action by The State of Indiana, on the relation of William T. Gleason, against James Lyons, as mayor of the City of Terre Haute. Prom a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Appeal dismissed.
J. T. Walker and O. D. Davis, for appellant.
McNutt & Wallace, L. D. Leveque, Frank S. Bawley, Lamb, Beasley & Sawyer, and Foley & Boyse, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This was an action in the court below for a mandate to require appellee, as mayor, to approve the bond tendered to him by appellant, as appointee of the Governor to the office of judge of the city court of Terre Haute.
This is a companion case to State, ex rel., v. Gerdink (1909), ante, 245, in which it was held that the appointment made by the mayor was valid. The real controversy is ended, and the appeal will not be further entertained to determine the question of costs only, and the appeal is dismissed. Dunn v. State, ex rel. (1904), 163 Ind. 317, and cases cited.