OTTO v. PATTERSON

No. 37264.

173 Ohio St. 174 (1962)

OTTO, A TAXPAYER, APPELLANT, v. PATTERSON, MAYOR, ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Walter Otto, in propria persona.

Mr. Herbert S. Beane, city attorney, and Mr. Maurice J. Gilbert, for appellee R. William Patterson, Mayor.

Mr. Paul R. Young, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. William R. Coen, for appellee Robert L. McBride, Judge.


Per Curiam.

The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for the reason that the plaintiff, appellant herein, has filed the appeal "and appears in this court acting for others without being a licensed attorney as required by law."

The question presented is whether a taxpayer, not a licensed attorney, may initiate and prosecute a taxpayer's suit on behalf of others without the services of a licensed attorney.

The plaintiff bases his...

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