Case Name: The State, ex rel. Stelzer, Appellant, v. Manton, Dir. of Public Safety, et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1963-03-13
Citations: 174 Ohio St. 266
Docket Number: No. 37510
Parties: The State, ex rel. Stelzer, Appellant, v. Manton, Dir. of Public Safety, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Taft, C. J., Zimmerman, Matthias, 0 ’Neill, Griffith, Herbert and Gibson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 174
Pages: 266–268

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Stelzer, Appellant, v. Manton, Dir. of Public Safety, et al., Appellees.
(No. 37510
Decided March 13, 1963.)
Mr. Jas. Slater Gibson, for appellant.
Mr. Louis B. Young, director of law, and Mr. James W. Proctor, for appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Relator is afforded an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law by way of appeal.
Section 144 of the Charter of the City of Toledo provides:
"Any person in the division of police or fire under the exclusive control of the chief thereof, who is suspended, reduced in rank, or dismissed from the department by the director of public safety, may appeal from the decision of such officer to the civil service commission within ten days from and after the date of such suspension, reduction or dismissal."
Section 143.27, Revised Code, provides in part:
' ' # In the case of removal of any member of the police or fire department of a city, an appeal on questions of law and fact may be had from the decision of the municipal civil service commission to the Court of Common Pleas
A writ of mandamus may be denied where there is a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. State, ex rel. Harris, Chief of Police, v. Haynes, Mayor, 157 Ohio St., 214; State, ex rel. Oliver, v. State Civil Service Commission, 168 Ohio St., 445; State, ex rel. Farmer, v. McCormick, Dir., 171 Ohio St., 530; State, ex rel. Moran, v. Welling, Dir., 172 Ohio St., 516.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Taft, C. J., Zimmerman, Matthias, 0 'Neill, Griffith, Herbert and Gibson, JJ., concur.