Case Name: Barker et al., County Commissioners, v. The City of Akron
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1918-04-02
Citations: 98 Ohio St. 446
Docket Number: No. 15681
Parties: Barker et al., County Commissioners, v. The City of Akron.
Judges: Wan am aker, Newman and Matthias, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 98
Pages: 446–447

Head Matter:
Barker et al., County Commissioners, v. The City of Akron.
Elections — Municipal—Payment of expenses — Section 5052, General Code — Declared constitutional by court of appeals — Affirmance by supreme court — Concurrence of judges.
(No. 15681
—Decided April 2, 1918.)
Error to the Court of Appeals of Summit county.
Mr. C. G. Roetsel, prosecuting attorney; Mr. W. A. Spencer and Mr. Robert Guinther, for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. Scott D. Kenfield, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said court of appeals be, and the same is hereby, affirmed.
The election expenses in question in this case were incurred for elections other than November elections, in odd numbered years and clearly come within the provisions of Section 5052, General Code, which requires that the same be paid from the county treasury as other county expenses.
Four members of this court are of the opinion that this section of the General Code is unconstitutional. Three members are of the opinion that this section is. not repugnant to any constitutional provision. The court of appeals held the statute constitutional. In such cases the Constitution of Ohio requires a concurrence of six members of the supreme court to declare a law unconstitutional. It follows that the judgment of the court of appeals must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Wan am aker, Newman and Matthias, JJ., concur.