City Commission of Springfield v. Bethel Township

Appellants contend that the board erred in excluding testimony allegedly relevant to the relative need of Clark County and its political subdivisions for the undivided local government fund because it was unrelated to the specific issue raised in Springfield’s notice of appeal. They allege that the scope of the hearing in an appeal from a decision of a county budget commission apportioning its local government fund is not limited to those issues specified in the notice of appeal, but is de novo.

Before December 20, 1971, the board unquestionably heard and determined the apportionment de novo…