STATE EX REL. LIGHTFIELD v. VILLAGE OF INDIAN HILL

No. 93-227.

69 Ohio St.3d 441 (1994)

THE STATE EX REL. LIGHTFIELD, APPELLANT, v. VILLAGE OF INDIAN HILL ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood & Lamping, Eric C. Holzapfel and C.J. Schmidt, for appellant.

Frost & Jacobs, Donald L. Crain and William L. Sennett, for appellees.


FRANCIS E. SWEENEY, SR., J.

The main issue before this court is whether the Indian Hill Charter expressly conflicts with R.C. 124.44 regarding police promotions such that it supersedes R.C. 124.44. For the following reasons, we answer "no" and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.

In order for a court to issue a writ of mandamus, the relator is required to prove that the relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that respondent...

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