MACDONALD v. BELL

No. 922.

23 Ohio App. 2d 249 (1970)

MACDONALD ET AL., JUDGES, APPELLANTS, v. BELL, AUDITOR, ET AL., APPELLEES.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Columbiana County.

Decided September 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. L. MacDonald, Mr. Edward C. Greenamyer and Mr. D. Barry Dickson, judges, Columbiana County Court District, in propria persona.

Mr. J. Warren Bettis, prosecuting attorney, for appellees.


LYNCH, P. J.

The issue in this case is whether County Court judges are entitled to an increase in salary during their term of office by reason of the "Modern Courts" amendment to Article IV of the Ohio Constitution, which was effective May 7, 1968. If the County Court judges are not provided for in such amendment, they are prohibited from a salary increase during their term of office by reason of Section 20 of Article II of the Ohio Constitution, which provides as...

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