Case Name: State, ex rel. Burke, v. Smith, Secretary of State; State, ex rel. Durbin, v. Price, Attorney General
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1921-06-16
Citations: 102 Ohio St. 673
Docket Number: Nos. 17058 and 17061
Parties: State, ex rel. Burke, v. Smith, Secretary of State. State, ex rel. Durbin, v. Price, Attorney General.
Judges: Hough, Robinson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 102
Pages: 673–674

Head Matter:
State, ex rel. Burke, v. Smith, Secretary of State. State, ex rel. Durbin, v. Price, Attorney General.
(Nos. 17058 and 17061
— Decided June 16, 1921.)
In Mandamus.
Mr. J. E. Todd; Mr. James N. Linton; Mr. L. D. Hamlin; Mr. J. F. Burke and Messrs. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, for relator in cause No. 17058.
Mr. Timot'hy S. Hogan and Mr. George B. Okey, for relator in cause No. 17061.
Mr. John G. Price, attorney general; Mr. Ray Martin and Mr. Clarence D. Laylin, for respondents in both causes.

Opinion:
By the Court.
In the first case above entitled the relator, John F. Burke, sought the same relief as in the case of State, ex rel. Durbin, v. Smith, Secretary of State, ante, 591; while in the second case above entitled mandamus was sought to compel the attorney general to certify that a synopsis tendered and submitted to him by the relator was a truthful statement of the contents and purposes of the so-called "Administrative Code," the petition alleging that the attorney general declined to comply upon the sole ground that the act was not subject to a referendum because it contained an emergency clause.
The issues involved in these cases being identical, writs are denied for the reasons set forth in State, ex rel Durbin, v. Smith, Secretary of State, ante, 591.
Writs denied.
Hough, Robinson, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur.
Marshall, C. J., Johnson and Wanamaker, JJ., dissent.