Opinion
No. 28,790.
Filed June 18, 1951.
MANDAMUS — Jurisdiction, Proceedings and Relief — Petition — Form, Requisites and Sufficiency — Failure To Set Forth Pleadings, Orders and Entries — Petition Insufficient. — Where a relator filed a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus to compel action by a judge relative to proceedings in an inferior court, but failed to comply with Supreme Court rules by setting forth or attaching to the petition as exhibits all pleadings, orders and entries pertaining to the subject matter in the lower court, the petition was insufficient and would be denied. Rules of the Supreme Court, 2-35.
Original action by the State of Indiana on the relation of Harold Hanks against William E. Wider, Judge of the Elkhart Superior Court, for an alternative writ of mandamus.
Petition denied.
Harold Hanks, pro se.
The relator, appearing pro se, files what he designates as a verified petition for an alternative writ of mandate to compel certain action by the respondent judge.
The relief sought relates to a proceeding in an inferior court, but wholly fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 2-35.
The issuance of the writ is denied.
NOTE. — Reported in 99 N.E.2d 416.