Title: State Ex Rel. Batchelet v. DeKALB CIR. CT., ETC.
Citation: 229 N.E.2d 798, 248 Ind. 481
Docket Number: 30,708
State: Indiana
Issuer: Indiana Supreme Court
Date: October 2, 1967

248 Ind. 481 (1967)
229 N.E.2d 798
STATE OF INDIANA OF THE RELATION OF BATCHELET
v.
DeKALB CIRCUIT COURT ET AL., ETC.
No. 30,708.

Supreme Court of Indiana.
Filed October 2, 1967.
H. Clark Springer, Howard E. Peterson and Winslow Van Horne, all of Auburn, for the Relator.
Philip Butler, of Auburn, for the Respondents.
LEWIS, J.
This cause of action arose out of an election dispute between two Indiana Senatorial Candidates. Philip A. Bir, unsuccessful in the election, petitioned the DeKalb Circuit Court for a recount. Willis K. Batchelet, the senator-elect, obtained a Writ of Prohibition from this Court restraining the DeKalb Circuit Court from proceeding further with the recount.
Article 4, § 10, of the Indiana Constitution states: "Each House, when assembled, shall * * * judge the election, qualification, and returns of its own members; * * *" Pursuant to this constitutional provision the Senate, when it convened in January, 1965, resolved the election dispute in favor of the senator-elect, Willis K. Batchelet. This is recorded in the *482 Indiana Senate Journal, 1965 regular session, beginning at Page (6). Mr. Batchelet performed the duties of Senator in the 1965 General Assembly.
We conclude that the Senate has properly resolved this dispute and the judiciary is without jurisdiction to review this action. Therefore, the writ prohibiting the DeKalb Circuit Court from intervening is now made permanent.
Hunter, C.J., Arterburn, Jackson and Mote, JJ., concur.
NOTE.  Reported in 229 N.E.2d 798.