Case ID: ohio-law-abs_1/html/0467-04.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "ROBINSON, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 17890
    Harold L. Hilton, Police Justice, etc., v. the State, ex rel. Charles Bell, Prosecuting Attorney, etc.
    Error to the Court of Appeals of Hamilton county.
    MUNICIPAL OFFICERS — Police justice, not to be apponited by council under 4544 GC.
   ROBINSON, J.

The provisions of Section 4544, General Code (98 OL. 159), to the extent of conferring power upon the council of a municipality to appoint a police justice, are unconstitutional and therefore void.

Judgment affirmemd.

Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.