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221 Ind. 474

48 N.E.2d 459

Spence v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1943

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1943-05-11

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Decided 1943-05-11

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Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently June 1971

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Per Curiam.

¶1 Berlin Spence has filed in this court a petition for a declaratory judgment seeking a determination of the validity of certain statutes. "With his petition he has filed a verified request to be permitted to prosecute the action as a poor person, and also a request that he be ordered brought before this court to prosecute the action in person.

¶2 This court has only such original jurisdiction as the General Assembly may confer. Section 4, Article 7, Constitution of Indiana. Original jurisdiction in actions for declaratory judgments has not been conferred on this court.

¶3 The petition is, therefore, dismissed.

¶4 Note.—Reported in 48 N. E. (2d) 459.

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