Case Name: The State, ex rel. Dawson, v. Roberts, Clerk of Courts
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1956-06-06
Citations: 165 Ohio St. 341
Docket Number: No. 34751
Parties: The State, ex rel. Dawson, v. Roberts, Clerk of Courts.
Judges: Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Hart, Zimmerman, Stewart, Bell and Taet, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 165
Pages: 341–342

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Dawson, v. Roberts, Clerk of Courts.
(No. 34751
Decided June 6, 1956.)
Messrs. Herbert, Tuttle, Applegate é Britt, Mr. Joseph S. Deutsehle, Jr., and Mr. W. T. Reed, for relator.
Mr. Wray Bevens, prosecuting attorney, for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
There is a duty enjoined by law upon respondent, a ministerial officer of the court, to accept and file the petition tendered by relator.
A writ of mandamus is allowed on authority of State, ex rel. Wanamaker, Judge, v. Miller, Clerk, 164 Ohio St., 176, 128 N. E. (2d), 110.
Writ allowed.
Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Hart, Zimmerman, Stewart, Bell and Taet, JJ., concur.