State ex rel. Kay v. Fuerst
| Decision Date | 07 November 1951 |
| Docket Number | No. 32581,32581 |
| Citation | 101 N.E.2d 730,156 Ohio St. 188 |
| Parties | , 46 O.O. 58 STATE ex rel KAY v. FUERST et al. |
| Court | Ohio Supreme Court |
Richard B. Kay, Cleveland, in pro. per.
Frank T. Cullitan, Pros. Atty., and Saul S. Danaceau, Cleveland, for appellees.
A writ of mandamus will not issue to compel the observance of law generally, but will be confined to commanding the performance of specific acts specially enjoined by law to be performed. Cullen, Vice Mayor, v. State ex rel. City of Toledo, 105 Ohio St. 545, 138 N.E. 58; State ex rel. Stanley, v. Cook, Supt. of Banks, 146 Ohio St. 348, 66 N.E.2d 207; State ex rel. Foster, v. Miller, Tax Comm., 136 Ohio St. 295, 25 N.E.2d 686.
Judgment affirmed.
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