Case Name: The State, ex rel. Freeman, Appellant, v. Valentine, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1971-03-03
Citations: 25 Ohio St. 2d 184
Docket Number: No. 70-690
Parties: The State, ex rel. Freeman, Appellant, v. Valentine, Appellee.
Judges: 0 ’Neill, C. J., SchneideR, Herbert, Duncan, Corrigan, Steen and Leach, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 25
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Freeman, Appellant, v. Valentine, Appellee.
(No. 70-690
Decided March 3, 1971.)
Mr. Jerome B. Freeman, in propria persona.
Mr. Melvin G. Rueger, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Leonard Kirschner, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Mandamus lies only to compel the performance of an act which is clearly enjoined by law upon a respondent. Here, the respondent did not have possession of the property which relator sought to have returned to him by this action in mandamus.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
0 'Neill, C. J., SchneideR, Herbert, Duncan, Corrigan, Steen and Leach, JJ., concur.