Case Name: The State ex rel. Robinson, Appellant, v. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1996-04-17
Citations: 75 Ohio St. 3d 431
Docket Number: No. 95-2110
Parties: The State ex rel. Robinson, Appellant, v. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Appellee.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 75
Pages: 431–432

Head Matter:
The State ex rel. Robinson, Appellant, v. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, Appellee.
[Cite as State ex rel. Robinson v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas (1996), 75 Ohio St.3d 431.]
(No. 95-2110
Submitted February 20, 1996
Decided April 17, 1996.)
Lewis G. Robinson, pro se.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Gregory B. Rowinski, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We agree with the court of appeals. Since Sturges v. Longworth (1853), 1 Ohio St. 544, we have approved of a court of common pleas' appointing a guardian ad litem, literally a guardian for the case, who has no duties prior to the institution of a suit or after its termination but whose sole duty is to defend in a particular cause. Civ.R. 17(B) authorizes a court, as incident to its power to try a case, to order the appointment of a guardian ad litem. Robinson's remedy was appeal from that order. Mandamus will not issue where, as here, there was an adequate remedy at law.
The judgment of the court of appeals is hereby affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Moyer, C.J., Douglas, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney, Pfeifer and Cook, JJ., concur.
Wright, J., not participating.