Hitt v. Tressler

As well as challenging the trial court’s determination upholding appellee’s election contest and the consequent remedy, appellant poses three arguments questioning the trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction. It is axiomatic that courts will resolve questions of subject matter jurisdiction prior to determining the merits of a controversy. Therefore, it is to the jurisdictional questions that we first turn.

The appellant first argues that appellee did not follow the requirements of R.C. 3515.09. As a consequence, the trial court did not acquire jurisdiction over this dispute. Specifically,…