Case Name: The State, ex rel. Barnes, v. Johnson, Judge
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1918-04-02
Citations: 98 Ohio St. 438
Docket Number: No. 15908
Parties: The State, ex rel. Barnes, v. Johnson, Judge.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman, Jones, Matthias, Johnson and Donahue, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 98
Pages: 438–438

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Barnes, v. Johnson, Judge.
Writ of prohibition — Jurisdiction of common pleas court — Residence local option petition — Withdrawal of petition — Remedy by proceeding in error.
(No. 15908
Decided April 2, 1918.)
In Prohibition.
Messrs. Smith, Baker, Effler & Allen, for relator.
Mr. J. A. White and Mr. Charles M. Earhart, for respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The right to a writ of prohibition restraining a judge from hearing a petition and application filed in pursuance of Sections 6140 to 6168, General Code, commonly known as the Jones Local Option Law, does not accrue by reason of an order of such judge permitting the withdrawal of a petition previously filed covering the same territory, particularly where the respondent had found that the petition last filed contained a greater number of qualified electors' signatures than did the petition first filed. The statute conferred upon the respondent full and complete jurisdiction in the matter before him. If the relator were aggrieved by the finding and conclusion of the respondent, he would have a complete and adequate remedy by proceeding in error. The demurrer is therefore sustained.
Demurrer sustained.
Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman, Jones, Matthias, Johnson and Donahue, JJ., concur.