Case Name: The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Ohio Utilities Co.; The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Chillicothe Electric Railway & Lighting Co.; The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Chillicothe & Camp Sherman Electric Ry. Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1919-10-07
Citations: 100 Ohio St. 538
Docket Number: Nos. 16185, 16186 and 16187
Parties: The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Ohio Utilities Co. The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Chillicothe Electric Railway & Lighting Co. The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Chillicothe & Camp Sherman Electric Ry. Co.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Johnson, Donahue, Wanamaker and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 100
Pages: 538–539

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Ohio Utilities Co. The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Chillicothe Electric Railway & Lighting Co. The State, ex rel. McGhee, Atty. Gen., v. The Chillicothe & Camp Sherman Electric Ry. Co.
Canal lands — Title in state — -Use and possession in lessee, when — Quo warranto — Order of ouster unnecessary, when.
(Nos. 16185, 16186 and 16187
Decided October 7, 1919.)
In Quo Warranto.
Mr. Joseph McGhee and Mr. John G. Price, attorneys general; Mr. John F. Kramer and Mr. B. W. Gearheart, for relator.
Mr. John P. Phillips; Mr. J. C. Martin and Mr. W. W. Boulger, for defendants.

Opinion:
The defendants, by leave of court first had, hereby withdraw their answers, thereupon the court coming on to adjudicate this cause as set forth in said petitions finds that the defendants are in default for demurrer or answer to said petitions, and that said defendants thereby confess the allegations of said petitions to be true.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed that the state is the legal owner of, and that F. A. Stacey, the lessee of the state, is entitled to the possession of the land described in the petitions herein. And it further appearing from the professional statement of counsel that the defendants have by contract and lease with said F. A. Stacey acquired the right and privilege of the occupancy of certain parts of the said canal land now and heretofore occupied by said defendants, that it is not now necessary that an order issue herein as against said defendants.
Judgment for possession of property awarded State of Ohio.
Nichols, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Johnson, Donahue, Wanamaker and Robinson, JJ., concur.