FAIRBORN v. MUNKUS

No. 70-697.

28 Ohio St. 2d 207 (1971)

CITY OF FAIRBORN, APPELLEE, v. MUNKUS, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gerald E. Schlafman, for appellee.

Messrs. Cox & Brandabur and Mr. Jerome G. Menz, for appellant.


STERN, J.

The issue presented is whether police officers of a municipal corporation have the power to arrest, outside the limits of their municipality, but within the territorial jurisdictional limits of the Municipal Court, on warrants properly issued upon affidavits charging the violation, within a municipality, of a municipal ordinance.

The general common-law rule is that the power of a municipal police officer is limited to the boundaries of his municipality...

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