State ex rel. Ms. Parsons Construction, Inc. v. Moyer

In order to be entitled to a writ of mandamus, relator has to establish that it possesses a clear legal right to the payment of $150,876.04, that Moyer and Norris have a clear legal duty to pay relator, and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State ex rel. Carter v. Wilkinson (1994), 70 Ohio St.3d 65, 637 N.E.2d 1.

In State ex rel. Horvitz Co. v. Riebe (1975), 47 Ohio App.2d 339, 1 O.O.3d 399, 354 N.E.2d 708, the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga County held that a writ of mandamus was appropriate to compel certain city officials to pay when it had been…