Case Name: State ex rel. Attorney General v. Ketter et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1901-06-25
Citations: 65 Ohio St. 558
Docket Number: No. 7555
Parties: State ex rel. Attorney General v. Ketter et al.
Judges: Minshall, G. J., Burket, Spear, Davis and Shauck, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 65
Pages: 558–558

Head Matter:
No. 7555.
State ex rel. Attorney General v. Ketter et al.
(Decided June 25, 1901.)
Quo Warranto.
J. M. Sheets, Attorney General; J. E. Todd, Assistant Attorney General, and Smith W. Bennett, for plaintiff.
W. M. A nipt, for defendants.

Opinion:
The court is of opinion that the act passed April 14, 1900, entitled "an act for the protection of life and property in cities of the first grade of the first class,'' (94 O. L., 611) is unconstitutional and the demurrer to the petition is therefore overruled, and judgment, of ouster rendered against the defendants, on the authority of Cincinnati v. Steinkamp, 54 Ohio St., 284.
Minshall, G. J., Burket, Spear, Davis and Shauck, JJ., concur.