Masley v. City of Lorain

Section 19 of Article I of the Ohio Constitution-provides that:

“Private property shall ever be held inviolate, but subservient to the public welfare. When taken in time of war *336or other public exigency, imperatively requiring its immediate seizure or for the purpose of making or repairing roads, which shall be open to the public, without charge, a compensation shall be made to the owner, in money, and in all other cases, where private property shall be taken for public use, a compensation therefor shall first be made in money, or first secured by a deposit of money; and such compensation shall…