Case Name: The State, ex rel. ClenDening, v. Rose et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1915-12-11
Citations: 93 Ohio St. 284
Docket Number: No. 15045
Parties: The State, ex rel. ClenDening, v. Rose et al.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Johnson, Donahue and Wanamaker, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 93
Pages: 284–293

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. ClenDening, v. Rose et al.
Remedies — Mandamus—Restoration to office — -Removal for misconduct in office — Participation in referendum.
(No. 15045
Decided December 11, 1915.)
In Mandamus.
Mr. T. S. Hogan and Messrs. McGhee, Davis & Boulger, for relator.
Mr. Edward C. Turner, attorney general; Mr. A. O. Dickey; Mr. Charles A. Reid and Mr. J. Howard Secrest, for respondents.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Mandamus is the proper remedy to restore a party to the possession of an office from which he has been illegally removed. The State, ex rel. Moyer, v. Baldwin, 77 Ohio St., 532; Karb, Mayor, v. The State, ex rel. Carter, 87 Ohio St., 197, and The State, ex rel. Stafford, v. The State Board of Appraisers and Assessors, 84 Ohio St., 505.
A peremptory writ is awarded for the reasons stated in the opinion in the case of The State, ex rel. Nolan, v. ClenDening et al., ante, 264.
Peremptory writ awarded.
Nichols, C. J., Johnson, Donahue and Wanamaker, JJ., concur.
Newman, Jones and Matthias, JJ., concur as to the insufficiency of the charges, but do not' concur as to form of remedy.