State Ex Rel. City of Middletown v. City Commission of Middletown

It has heretofore been determined by this court that ordinance 2237 enacted by the city • commission of Middletown was valid, but subject to referendum in accordance with Section 5, Article XVIII of the Constitution. City of Middletown v. City Commission of Middletown, 138 Ohio St., 596, 37 N. E. (2d), 609. That case had been instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county December 2, 1938. It reached this court from the Court of Appeals by a motion to certify May 18,' 1940, and, the case having been admitted, decision thereof by this court was announced November 12, 1941.

The instant…