Case Name: Littleton v. Board of Infirmary Directors et al.
Court: Erie Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1894-04
Citations: 9 Ohio Cir. Dec. 850
Docket Number: 
Parties: Littleton v. Board of Infirmary Directors et al.
Judges: Bentley, Haynes and Scribner, JJ.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Decisions
Volume: 9
Pages: 850–851

Head Matter:
INFIRMARY DIRECTORS.
[Erie Circuit Court,
April, 1894.]
Bentley, Haynes and Scribner, JJ.
Littleton v. Board of Infirmary Directors et al.
Board May Remove Superintendent at Pleasure.
The board of infirmary directors, under sec. 962 Rev. Stat., have power to remove a superintendent at pleasure. A court of equity will not, therefore, after such office has been legally terminated, extend the tenure until plaintiff’s alleged title can be adjudicated in a legal action.
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
In this case plaintiff was appointed in May, 1888, by the defendant board, superintendent of the infirmary for one year, at a salary of $700, and $250 for his wife as-matron. In January, 1894, the board removed Eittleton as superintendent, and appointed defendant Irvin as superintendent ; thereupon an action was begun by Eittleton for an injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with his discharge of his duties as superintendent till in some legal action the title to said office be adjudicated. A demurrer to the petition was filed. The court of common pleas sustained the demurrer and dismissed the petition, and the plaintiff appealed to the circuit court and asked a preliminary injunc. tion pending this action. The injunction was refused, as sec. 962, Rev. Stat., is explicit in giving to the infirmary directors the power to remove the superintendent at pleasure, and that, having exercised the power, a court of equity ought not to practically extend a tenure clearly appearing to have been legally terminated.