Case Name: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY v. G. W. SPENCER
Court: Holmes County Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1899
Citations: 8 Ohio N.P. 21
Docket Number: 
Parties: PROSECUTING ATTORNEY v. G. W. SPENCER.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio nisi prius and general term reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 21–21

Head Matter:
(Plolmes County Common Pleas,
1899.)
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY v. G. W. SPENCER.
1 Suit to recover county funds illegally drawn—
. The prosecuting attorney has authority without consent of county commissioners to-i bring suit to recover money illegally drawn by county officers.

Opinion:
Maxwell, J.
Mode of collecting the amounts found to have been illegally drawn by county officers, as shown by the examiners sent out by the- ; state auditor.
! It has been a question whether the prosecuting attorney or county commissioners are to bring the suit. Suit was brought by the prosecutor in his own name on behalf of the county against G. W. Spencer, ex-county commissioner, for the amount found against him in the Musser report. Held, that the prosecutor is authorized tobring the suit at his will' and pleasure, without first getting the author-I ity from the commissioners.