State ex rel. Charlton v. Corrigan

The instant'action is one to compel the county treasurer to place his employees within the classified civil service and thus outside the treasurer’s discretion to hire, fire, and promote. The treasurer has objected, asserting that his employees hold either an administrative or fiduciary relationship to him. The statutory authority for this contention is R.C. 124.11(A)(9) which excludes from the classified service, in pertinent part:

“The deputies and assistants of elective * * * officers authorized to act for and in place of their principals, or holding a fiduciary relation to such principals…