Case Name: The State, ex rel. Spellmire, v. Kauer, Dir., Dept. of Public Works, et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1962-04-11
Citations: 173 Ohio St. 279
Docket Number: No. 37034
Parties: The State, ex rel. Spellmire, v. Kauer, Dir., Dept. of Public Works, et al.
Judges: Weygandt, C. J., Zimmerman, Matthias, Bell, Doyle and O’Neill, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 173
Pages: 279–280

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Spellmire, v. Kauer, Dir., Dept. of Public Works, et al.
(No. 37034
Decided April 11, 1962.)
Messrs. Goodman $ Goodman and Messrs. Murphy, Murphy & Deddens, for relator.
Mr. Mark McElroy, attorney general, and Mr. Victor S. Krupman, for respondent.
Messrs. Graydon, Head S Ritchey and Mr. Bruce 1. Petrie, for intervening respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Relator's action is based on his claimed rights under a contract of lease. Nowhere in his amended petition does he allege that the acts which he seeks to have performed by the respondent are acts which the law specially, enjoins as a duty resulting from respondent's office. The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will be granted only upon a showing of a clearly defined legal duty and a plain dereliction of that duty. This the relator has failed to do.
The demurrers to the amended petition are sustained, and the writ is denied.
Writ denied.
Weygandt, C. J., Zimmerman, Matthias, Bell, Doyle and O'Neill, JJ., concur.
Taet, J., concurs in the judgment.
Doyle, J., of the Ninth Appellate District, sitting by designation in the place and stead of Herbert, J.