Case Name: State ex rel, Finding v. Fred Kohler et al.
Court: Cuyahoga Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1911-03-20
Citations: 28 Ohio C.C. Dec. 284
Docket Number: 
Parties: State ex rel, Finding v. Fred Kohler et al.
Judges: Henry and Marvin, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Decisions
Volume: 28
Pages: 284–284

Head Matter:
OFFICE AND OFFICERS.
[Cuyahoga (8th) Circuit Court,
March 20, 1911.]
Winch, Henry and Marvin, JJ.
State ex rel, Finding v. Fred Kohler et al.
Procedure When Subordinate Is Suspended by Chief of Police.
When suspension is any part of the punishment inflicted upon one of his subordinates by the chief of police, he must forthwith certify that fact in writing to the director of public safety, for trial and judgment.
[Syllabus by the court.]
F. F. Gentsch, for plaintiff.
Newton D. Baker, for defendant.

Opinion:
WINCH, J.
While the chief of police of the city of Cleveland is invested by the statutes and police regulations with ample discretionary powers for disciplining his subordinates, the plain provisions of See. 4380 G. C. require that when suspension is any part of the punishment denounced by him, he shall forthwith in writing certify such fact together with the cause therefor to the director of public safety, who, within five days from the receipt thereof, shall proceed to inquire into the cause of such suspension and render judgment thereon. A peremptory writ to that end will issue in this ease. The injunction prayed for is denied.
Henry and Marvin, JJ., concur.