Case Name: STATE ex rel VOGT v. DONAHEY; STATE ex rel VOGT v. KIRCHOFFER
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923-06-28
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 844
Docket Number: Nos. 17904, 17817
Parties: STATE ex rel VOGT v. DONAHEY STATE ex rel VOGT v. KIRCHOFFER
Judges: Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ-, concur
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 844–845

Head Matter:
No. 879
STATE ex rel VOGT v. DONAHEY STATE ex rel VOGT v. KIRCHOFFER
Nos. 17904, 17817.
Decided June 28, 1923
259- MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-
Removal of mayor by governor — Power of Su| preme Court to review governor’s judgment-

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Epitomized Opinion
The governor, after hearing had before him, re| moved Vogt from the office of mayor -of M-assilloiT for Misconduct, non-feasance and gross neglect of duty in office- Writs of mandamus and quo war-. ranto were asked on relation of Vogt against the governor and K, Vogt's successor, respectively. In denying the.writs, the Supreme Court held:
Attorneys — Joseph McGhee and P. E. Dempsey, Columbus, and Elson Weffer and Milton' Haines, MassijUon, for Vogt; C. C. Crabbe, Atty. Gen., and Edward E- Corn, Ironton, for Donahey; L- C- Wiggins, Massillon, for Kirchoffer-
Whijle the greater part of the evidence ini the record is hearsay and concerns misconduct in a former term and is therefore incompetent, there is- some evidence tending to prove that because of acts in his then term of office the mayor was guilty as charged. While the court would hesitate to convict on this evidence, its province extends only to the determination of whether there was any such evidence.
Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ-, concur