Case Name: SPITZIG v. STATE ex Hile
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1928-06-06
Citations: 6 Ohio Law Abs. 368
Docket Number: No. 20971
Parties: SPITZIG v. STATE ex Hile
Judges: Marshall, CJ., Day, Allen, Robinson, Jones, and Matthias, JJ. concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 6
Pages: 368–368

Head Matter:
SPITZIG v. STATE ex Hile
Ohio Supreme Court.
No. 20971
Decided June 6 1928.

Opinion:
KINKADE, J.
Where the state inflicts an injury upon an individual, for the reparation of which no law exists, and the facts incident thereto are not in dispute, and the Legislature finds that a moral obligation rests upon the state to compensate the injured party for the damages sustained, the Legislature has full authority to provide, by special enactment, for the appropriation of public money to meet such moral obligation; and where the county is the active agent in causing the injury, a spe-ciál act may confer on the board of county commissioners the power to pay such compensation from the general funds of the county. Such special enactments of the Legislature do not contravene any of the provisions of either the state or federal Constitution.
Marshall, CJ., Day, Allen, Robinson, Jones, and Matthias, JJ. concur.