State ex rel. Sheldon Gas Co. v. Board of Elections of Hancock County

This is an original action in which the relator,' Sheldon, Gas Company, seeks to prohibit the respondent Board' of Elections of Hancock County from submitting an ordinance fixing the rates, which relator, ;a public utility, may charge and collect for natural -gatr service in the village of Vanlue, Ohio, to the voters at the November 2, 1976, general election.

The ordinance (No. 1975-6) was enacted by village council oh November 3, 1975, and accepted as a contract by the relator on that date.

On or about December 1, 1975, a referendum petition was filed with the Vanlue village clerk demanding…