Case Name: GUERNSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FERGUSON, Auditor, et, Defendants-Appellees
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1945-02-15
Citations: 43 Ohio Law Abs. 33
Docket Number: No. 3795
Parties: GUERNSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FERGUSON, Auditor, et, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: SHERICK, J., of the Fifth Appellate District, sitting by designation.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 43
Pages: 33–36

Head Matter:
GUERNSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FERGUSON, Auditor, et, Defendants-Appellees.
Ohio Appeals, Second District, Franklin County.
No. 3795.
Decided February 15, 1945.
Melvin C. Light, Lima, for plaintiff-appellant.
Hon. Thomas J. Herbert, Atty. Gen. and Perry L. Graham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, for defendants-appellees.
SHERICK, J., of the Fifth Appellate District, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
OPINION
BY TPIE COURT:
The appeal is on questions of law.
We are committed to the proposition that,
"An action for declaratory judgment will not lie unless there is an actual controversy presenting a justiciable dispute between the parties." Hammontree v Hawley, 40 Abs 483.
The written opinions of Judges Randall and Leach of the Common Pleas Court analyzing the pleadings and directing attention to the reasons why there is no. substantial justiciable dispute between the parties are approved and followed.
The brief of appellant in this Court is substantially the same as in the trial Court, and the Attorney General, on .behalf of the defendants-appellees elects to file no brief.
There is no denial of the averment of the amended petition of plaintiff's residence in Fostoria, no denial that plaintiff had temporary quarters only in Lima, the place where the Court of which the plaintiff is a member, held its sessions, and no denial of the correctness of plaintiff's expense account. There is no issue on the determinative factor in the case, namely, the bona fide residence of the plaintiff in Fostoria. How, then, is there anything upon which to base a declaratory judgment?
Judgment affirmed.
HORNBECK, GEIGER and SHERICK, JJ" concur.