STATE, EX REL. CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT v. CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL

No. 72-320.

34 Ohio St. 2d 120 (1973)

THE STATE, EX REL. CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT, v. CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided May 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin F. Woodle, for relator.

Mr. Herbert R. Whiting, director of law, and Mr. Howard H. Fishkin, for respondent.


STERN, J.

Fundamental to both the complaint and the counterclaim is the nature of the parties thereto. On its face, the complaint is brought by the Cleveland Municipal Court rather than by the individual judges thereof. A court, however, is not sui juris. "`A court is defined to be a place in which justice is judicially administered. It is the exercise of judicial power, by the proper officer or officers, at a time and place appointed by law.'" Todd...

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