State, Ex Rel. v. Bd. of Edn.

The single question involved in this case is whether an action in mandamus is a chancery case, and hence appealable to the Court of Appeals within the provisions of Section 6, Article IV, of the Ohio Constitution, that:

"The Courts of Appeals shall have original jurisdiction inquo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus, prohibition andprocedendo, and appellate jurisdiction in the trial of chancery cases * * *."

Granting that the action in mandamus, as instituted, conformed to the requirements of Section 12224, General Code, the action has to constitute a chancery case in order that the appeal may…