Mulder v. Village of Amherst

This action was commenced in the Common Pleas Court of Lorain County by Karl C. Mulder, a taxpayer, who pleaded that he brought this action on behalf of the village of Amherst and ail other taxpayers thereof; “the solicitor of said village having refused to bring this action upon written and oral request of plaintiff to do so.”

The defendants are as noted in the caption above. One of the defendants, Paul Pikey, former chief of police of the village of Amherst, is the moving cause of this litigation.

The petition sought an injunction to restrain the payment of a total and permanent disability…