STATE, EX REL. GORDON v. JONES

No. 32629.

156 Ohio St. 100 (1951)

THE STATE, EX REL. GORDON, CITY ATTY., v. JONES ET AL., COMMITTEE ON FINANCE OF COUNCIL OF CITY OF COLUMBUS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 11, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard W. Gordon, city attorney, Mr. Baxter Evans, Mr. J. Russell Leach, Messrs. Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and Mr. Henry J. Crawford, for relator.

Mr. Hugh K. Martin, Mr. Edward J. Cox, Mr. J. Raymond Snowden, and Mr. Wayne S. Gerber, for respondents.


MIDDLETON, J.

Inasmuch as this ordinance does not contemplate the creation of a debt outside of and beyond the one per cent tax limitation, the only substantial question involved is the power of the municipality to issue bonds and expend public funds for the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of off-street parking facilities.

As was true in the companion case, a demurrer to the petition was filed and the case was argued and submitted by agreement of counsel...

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