Glover v. City Council

This is an appeal by the mayor of Columbus from an order in vacation by Circuit Judge Carroll, holding that the suspension from duty of appellee John A. Morton, captain of police of. Columbus, by the appellant; Mayor Glover, was null and void, and ordering the issuance of a writ of prohibition against the mayor, prohibiting him from interfering with said John A. Morton as captain of police of Columbus in the discharge of his official duties as such.

The two points urged for reversal by the appellant are: That the writ of prohibition will not lie in such case, and that the mayor was acting…