State ex rel. Brockman v. Proctor

I am obligated, by what appears to me to be the constitutionally sound result to achieve under the simple facts in this case, to dissent from the decision of the majority.

This conclusion would necessitate the disapproval and overruling of Dugan v. State (1927), 117 Ohio St. 503.

It is my belief, after weighing the applicable legal doctrines, that in the trial, in a mayor’s court, of a defendant for the violation of a municipal ordinance or of a traffic offender, the mayor’s impartiality may be affected where monies, collected from fines and costs levied upon defendants by the mayor in his…