State, Ex Rel. Graves v. State

By this original action in mandamus, relator-attorneys, Arthur C. Graves and William A. Gardner, seek a writ of mandamus ordering respondents, Court of Claims and the Court of Claims commissioner, to comply with R.C. 2743.65 and award them reasonable attorney fees for their services to a claimant in her claim for reparations as a victim of crime.

Respondents filed no answer to the complaint, so that the factual allegations thereof must be deemed admitted even though a default judgment would not be appropriate pursuant to Civ. R. 55(D). There appears, however, to be little dispute as to the…