# Martin v. Ben Davis Conservancy District

> Indiana Supreme Court · October 2, 1958 · 238 Ind. 502

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9535179

## Case

- **Full name:** Martin v. the Ben Davis Conservancy District
- **Court:** Indiana Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 2, 1958
- **Citations:** 238 Ind. 502; 153 N.E.2d 125; 1958 Ind. LEXIS 259
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Achor
- **Judges:** Emmert, Landis, Achor, Bobbitt
- **Cited by:** 50 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Questioned by Indiana High School Athletic Ass'n v. Reyes, 1997 Ind. LEXIS 237 (1997).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9535179

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- applying the concept of color of law or apparent authority of law to statutes later found to be unconstitutional

## Opinion text

Concurring Opinion
Achor, J.
I concur in the majority opinion insofar as it confirms the constitutionality of the Conservancy Act of Indiana [Acts 1957, ch. 808, p. 851, being §§27-1501 — 27-1599, Burns’ 1957 Cum. Supp.] and sustains the validity of the Ben Davis Conservancy District under that Act.

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