State Ex Rel. Harrison v. Perry

This is an action brought in this court for a writ of prohibition, and to the petition filed herein the defendant has interposed a demurrer upon the ground that the petition does not state a cause of action against the defendant.

For the purposes of the demurrer, the facts, well pleaded in the petition, must be admitted to be true, and it is therefore necessary to set forth the petition:

Plaintiff says:

“1. That he is a resident of the city of Elyria, Lorain county, Ohio, and is a taxpayer therein; that Myles E. Perry holds the office of coroner in said county and occupied said office at the…