State ex rel. Moore v. Sanders

The appellant sets forth the following propositions of law: (1) that delay in asserting a right does not of itself constitute laches where a deputy, who is unlawfully removed by the sheriff, brings an action for reinstatement shortly after learning of his rights as a classified civil servant and where the sheriff has not been materially prejudiced by the delay, and (2) that an action by a classified civil servant whose removal was contrary to R. C. 124.34 is governed by the six-year statute of limitations in R. C. 2305.07 and not by the doctrine of laches where the delay in question was…