Case Name: The State, ex rel. C. C. Crabbe, Attorney General, v. John C. Felton, Mayor of the Village of Grove City, Ohio
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1925
Citations: 3 Ohio Law Abs. 313
Docket Number: No. 18934
Parties: The State, ex rel. C. C. Crabbe, Attorney General, v. John C. Felton, Mayor of the Village of Grove City, Ohio.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Jones, Day Allen, Kinkade, and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 3
Pages: 313–314

Head Matter:
SYLLABUS
661. INTOXICATING LIQUORS —Fines and forfeited bond moneys not to be expended by councils for hiring attorneys or detectives.
No. 18934
The State, ex rel. C. C. Crabbe, Attorney General, v. John C. Felton, Mayor of the Village of Grove City, Ohio.
In Mandamus.

Opinion:
MATTHIAS, J.
One-half of the money arising from fines and forfeited bonds in the enforcement of the provisions of the state prohibition laws belongs to the state and must be paid into the state treasury; municipal councils are not authorized to expend or appropriate any of such portion for the purpose of hiring attorneys, detectives or secret service officers.
Writ allowed.
Marshall, C. J., Jones, Day Allen, Kinkade, and Robinson, JJ., concur.