Case Name: Porter et al., Trustees, v. Hopkins, Treas., et al.; Board of Education v. Hopkins, Treas., et al.; State, ex rel. Pogue, Pros. Atty., v. Hopkins, Treas., et al.; City of Cincinnati, by etc., v. Hopkins, Treas., et al.
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1914-10-24
Citations: 3 Ohio App. 433
Docket Number: 
Parties: Porter et al., Trustees, v. Hopkins, Treas., et al. Board of Education v. Hopkins, Treas., et al. State, ex rel. Pogue, Pros. Atty., v. Hopkins, Treas., et al. City of Cincinnati, by etc., v. Hopkins, Treas., et al.
Judges: (Jones, O. B., Swing and Jones, E. H„ JJ.).
Reporter: Ohio Appellate Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 433–435

Head Matter:
Porter et al., Trustees, v. Hopkins, Treas., et al. Board of Education v. Hopkins, Treas., et al. State, ex rel. Pogue, Pros. Atty., v. Hopkins, Treas., et al. City of Cincinnati, by etc., v. Hopkins, Treas., et al.
Jurisdiction — Injunction—Sections 2921 and 4311, General Code— Prosecuting attorney and city solicitor — Public moneys— Workmen’s compensation — Section 1465-105, General Code (I03 O. L., 92).
The authority conferred by Sections 2921 and 4311, General Code, on the prosecuting attorney of the county and the city solicitor to bring actions for the purpose of restraining the illegal payment of money from the public treasury, does not give jurisdiction to a court to entertain an injunction proceeding contrary to the provisions of Section 58 of the workmen’s compensation act.
(Decided October 24, 1914.)
° Appeal : Court of Appeals far Hamilton county.

Opinion:
By the Court
(Jones, O. B., Swing and Jones, E. H" JJ.).
These actions come into this court on appeal from the court of common pleas. They are brought on behalf of the city of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, the board of education of the city school district of the city of Cincinnati and the trustees of the public library for the purpose of having sections 15, 16, and 17 of the act known as the workmen's compensation act, 103 O. L., pages 72 to 92, inclusive, declared unconstitutional, and to enjoin the treasurer of Hamilton county from paying a warrant issued by the auditor of Hamilton county in favor of the treasurer of the state of Ohio, to pay the fund provided for in said sections 16 and 17.
Objection is made by defendants to the jurisdiction of this court to entertain these injunction proceedings, by reason of section 58 of said act, which is as follows:
"No injunction shall issue suspending or restraining any order, classification or rate adopted by the board, or any action of the auditor of state, treasurer of state, attorney general, or the auditor or treasurer of any county, required to be taken by them or any of them by any of the provisions of this act; but nothing herein shall effect [affect] any right or defense in any action brought by the board or the state in pursuance of authority contained in this act."
Plaintiffs rely, however, upon the right of the prosecuting attorney of the county by virtue of Section 2921, General Code, and the solicitor of the city by virtue of Section 4311, General Code, to bring such actions for the purpose of restraining the misapplication of funds and the illegal payment of money from the treasury.
Mr. W. T. Porter; Mr. Walter M. Schoenle, city solicitor; Mr. Charles A. Groom, assistant city solicitor; Mr. Thomas L. Pogue, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Carl M. Jacobs and Mr. Simon Ross, Jr., assistant prosecuting attorneys, for plaintiffs.
Mr. Timothy S. Hogan, attorney general; Mr. John A. Deasy; Mr. James I. Boulger and Mr. Thomas H. Morrow, for defendants.
While these sections relied upon are both broad in their terms and would ordinarily confer the authority to bring such actions by the prosecuting attorney and the city solicitor, section 58 of the act. in question is so specific that it must be held to control. And as it does not take away the right of the courts to entertain other actions to determine the question of constitutionality sought to be raised herein, by its terms this court has no jurisdiction to entertain these cases, and is without authority to grant the relief prayed therein.
The actions, therefore, will be dismissed.
Petitions dismissedv