Case Name: Koehne, a Taxpayer, v. The City of Dayton et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1918-02-19
Citations: 97 Ohio St. 341
Docket Number: No. 15686
Parties: Koehne, a Taxpayer, v. The City of Dayton et al.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman, Jones, Matthias, Johnson and Donahue, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 97
Pages: 341–342

Head Matter:
Koehne, a Taxpayer, v. The City of Dayton et al.
Flood protection — Impairment of navigation — Great Miami river nonnavigable — Dayton city charter constitutional — Validity of acts of officials.
(No. 15686
Decided February 19, 1918.)
Error to Court of Appeals of Montgomery county.
Mr. John J. Hoover and Mr. Ira Chase Koehne, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. W. S. McConnaughey, city solicitor, and Mr. John C. Shea and Mr. Jay Leach, assistant city solicitors, for defendants in error.

Opinion:
This court finds that the Great Miami river referred to in the amended petition of the plaintiff is not' a navigable stream at any of the points stated, and further finds that the construction of the dam and public works described in' the petition will not, and cannot in any wise impede or impair navigation. The court further finds that the city of Dayton is a municipal corporation of the state of Ohio; that the charter of said city, which provides for the creation of the city commission and a city manager, with the powers and duties therein defined, does not violate the state or federal constitution. The court further finds that the allegations of the petition of irregularity and illegality in the action of the said city and its city commissioners in connection with the matters and in the respects set forth in the petition are not sustained; It is, therefore, ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the court of appeals be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman, Jones, Matthias, Johnson and Donahue, JJ., concur.