Case Name: LEACH v. XENIA (City)
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1926-07-13
Citations: 4 Ohio Law Abs. 651
Docket Number: No. 19971
Parties: LEACH v. XENIA (City)
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 4
Pages: 651–651

Head Matter:
LEACH v. XENIA (City)
No. 19971.
Supreme Court
Dock. July 13, 1926;
4 Abs. 493.
Attorneys — F. L. Johnson for Leach; J. A. F nmy xor City; bolh’of Xenia.

Opinion:
Eva Leach brought this action originally in the Greene Common Pleas against the city of Xenia to recover back a fine paid which was assessed by a Police Judge in said city.
It appears that the charter of the city provided for the appointment of a Police Judge who was to have the authority, jurisdiction, and powers of a mayor of other municipalities.
The judgment of the Common Pleas in susta'nin *' a demurrer to the petition was affi.med by the Court of Appeals.
Leach in the Supreme Court contends: that ihe provision of the charter providing for the appointment of a Police Judge was unconstitutional and therefore void and that the city commission therefore had no authority to appoint a police judge and that the acts of the Poiice Judge were of no effect.