Case Name: State ex rel Gettles v. Gillen
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 333
Docket Number: No. 18925
Parties: State ex rel Gettles v. Gillen.
Judges: Matthias, Allen and Robinson, JJ., concur. Jones, J., not participating.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 333–333

Head Matter:
No. 510
No. 18925
State ex rel Gettles v. Gillen.
In Quo Warranto.
865. OFFICE AND OFFICERS—Where mayor of municipality is elected to General Assembly, discharging duties of both offices, office of mayor not forfeited,.

Opinion:
MARSHALL, C. J.
A mayor of a municipality who is elected to membership in the General Assembly, and qualifies and discharges the duties of such office, but nevertheless continues to serve as mayor and to discharge the duties of that office, does not by virtue of -Section 4 of Article 2 of the Constitution forfeit the office of mayor. The ineligibility relates to membership in the General Assembly.
Petition dismissed.
Matthias, Allen and Robinson, JJ., concur. Jones, J., not participating.