Case Name: George McKenzie et al. v. Wm. Ruth, Mayor, etc.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1872-12
Citations: 22 Ohio St. 371
Docket Number: 
Parties: George McKenzie et al. v. Wm. Ruth, Mayor, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 22
Pages: 371–372

Head Matter:
George McKenzie et al. v. Wm. Ruth, Mayor, etc.
Application for mandamus, Muskingum county.
Evans $ Beard and John W. King, for complainants,
cited Code of Civil Procedure, sec. 693, ¡3. & C. 1155; Criminal Code, see. 156, 66 Ohio Laws 310; Municipal Code, secs. 179,180,125, 56, 66 Ohio Laws; Justices’ Code, as amended, sec. 93, 66 Ohio Laws, 7.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Held: In a proceeding In mandamus, the alternative writ must contain a statement of all the facts necessary to justify the order sought for by the. proceeding, and, on the hearing, omissions in the alternative writ can not be supplied by the affidavit, or application, on which it was allowed.
Peremptory writ refused.
Bloeksom § Andrews, for respondent.
No brief on file.