Case Name: STATE ex rel BEHM V. WOLFERT
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-05-05
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 454
Docket Number: No. 18557
Parties: STATE ex rel BEHM V. WOLFERT
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 454–455

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel BEHM V. WOLFERT
No. 18557.
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to Lucas County Appeals
Motion for order to certify docketed May 5, 1924,
2 Abs. 323;
dis ante. 453.
801. MUNICIPAL LAW — Zoning Ordinance.
The facts of this case mav be found in the Court of Appeals opinion, page 445 of last number of the Abstract.
Attorneys — Haekett & Lynch, for plaintiff; D. L. O’Rouke and Lawton & Saalfill, for defendants; all of Toledo.

Opinion:
The contentions of the plaintiff are that a general zoning ordinance of the city of Toledo is a valid enactment under' the police power and that defendants should he enjoined from violating the zoning ordinance even if the effect is substantial confiscation of their property; that the modern trend and the weight of authority in the United States sustain the validity of zoning ordinances which are regulations designed to promote the public convenience "shall ever be held subservient to the public welfare."