Case Name: The State, ex rel. Grimshaw, Pros. Atty., v. Atkins
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1978-11-15
Citations: 56 Ohio St. 2d 97
Docket Number: No. 78-918
Parties: The State, ex rel. Grimshaw, Pros. Atty., v. Atkins.
Judges: Leach, C. J., ITeRbebt, Celebrezze, W. Brown, P„ Brown, Sweeney and Locheb, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 56
Pages: 97–98

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Grimshaw, Pros. Atty., v. Atkins.
(No. 78-918
Decided November 15, 1978.)
Mr. Lynn A. Grimshaw, prosecuting attorney, pro se..
Richard L. Eisnaugle Go., L. P. A., and Mr. Richard L. Eisnaugle, for i’espondent.

Opinion:
Per Cxiriam.
This court's original jurisdiction in qua warranto cannot he limited by city charter. State, ex rel. Highland Heights, v. Kee (1975), 42 Ohio St. 2d 234, 235.
By removing himself from the Sixth Ward respondent, has forfeited his office pursuant to Section 3 of the Portsmouth city charter. The writ of quo warranto is allowed.
Writ allowed.
Leach, C. J., ITeRbebt, Celebrezze, W. Brown, P" Brown, Sweeney and Locheb, JJ., concur.