Case Name: The State, ex rel. Mann, v. Floyd, Judge
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1941-05-14
Citations: 138 Ohio St. 253
Docket Number: No. 28548
Parties: The State, ex rel. Mann, v. Floyd, Judge.
Judges: Weygandt, C. J., Turner, Williams, Hart, Zimmerman and Bettman, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 138
Pages: 253–255

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Mann, v. Floyd, Judge.
(No. 28548
Decided May 14, 1941.)
Mr. William P. Heyne, for relator.
Messrs. Lynch, Day, Pontius & Lynch and Mr. Kenneth B. Cope, for respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Section 11347, General Code, relating to rule days, reads: "Upon such terms as are just, the court , for good cause shown, may extend the time for filing any pleading. ' '
The writ of mandamus "may require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment, or proceed to the discharge of any of its functions, but it cannot control judicial discretion." (Italics ours.) Section 12285, General Code. See, also, State, ex rel. Frye, Exr., v. MacConkey, Judge, 136 Ohio St., 462, 26 N. E. (2d), 457; State, ex rel. White, v. Jewell, Judge, 132 Ohio St., 300, 7 N. E. (2d), 410.
Although this court strongly disapproves of the dilatory proceedings below, tbe demurrer to tbe petition is sustained and a writ denied.
Writ denied.
Weygandt, C. J., Turner, Williams, Hart, Zimmerman and Bettman, JJ., concur.
Matthias, J., not participating.