141 Ohio St. (n.s.) 615

The State, ex rel. Hendricks, v. Judges of Court of Common Pleas of Butler County et al.

(No. 29585

Decided June 16, 1943.)

Mr. George S. Hawke, for relator.

Mr. Paul A. Baden, prosecuting attorney, for respondents.

By the Court.

Relator, on behalf of himself and nil other leaseholders of lands from Miami University, filed in this court a petition for a writ of mandamus' to •compel the judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county to carry into execution a decree of the Supreme Court of Ohio, dated December 23, 1856, perpetually enjoining the treasurer and auditor of that county from assessing, levying and collecting any 'and all state taxes upon such land.

The petition in the present proceeding alleges that the treasurer and auditor in disobedience of that injunction have been and are continuing to assess, levy and collect state taxes upon such lands, that those officers are engaged in a campaign to wilfully refuse to obey the perpetual injunction and that the treasurer is maintaining various suits, based upon the auclitor’s delinquent land tax certificates issued on leased Miami University lands, to satisfy the lien of the state of Ohio for taxes.

The respondents filed a demurrer to the petition.

Mary M. Hughes, a leaseholder not specifically named in the petition, on her application is dismissed from this proceeding.

*616The demurrer is sustained and the writ denied for the reason that relator has an adequate remedy at Law in any action against him to foreclose a tax lien. Section 12287, General Code; State, ex rel. First Natl. Bank, North Baltimore, Ohio, v. Village of Botkins, ante, 437.

Writ denied.

Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Hart, Zimmerman, Bell. and Turner, JJ., concur.

Williams, J., not participating.

State ex rel. Hendricks v. Judges of Court of Common Pleas
141 Ohio St. (n.s.) 615

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State ex rel. Hendricks v. Judges of Court of Common Pleas
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Jun 16, 1943
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