State Ex Rel. Black v. White

There is here just one question. If the judge of the Common Pleas Court of Clermont county,-^Ohio, has jurisdiction of the subject-matter of this action for specific performance, then the writ of prohibition should be refused. If such court has no jurisdiction, then the writ as prayed for should be allowed.

Section 11270, General Code, provides in part as follows :

“An action to compel the specific performance of a contract for the sale of real estate may be brought either in the county in which the subject of the action is situated, or where the defendants, or any of them, reside. * * * ”

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