Village of Oakwood v. Wuliger

We limit our review to the issue of whether the Mayor’s Court had the power to punish appellee for contempt in this case.2

I

Appellee argues that the Mayor’s Court would not have been able to punish him for contempt under R. C. 1907.171, and, therefore, that the court could not hold him in contempt under village ordinance 525.14. See fn. 1, supra. We agree.

“It is a rule of law in Ohio that courts of limited jurisdiction, such as justices of the peace, have no inherent power to punish for contempt and have only such power to punish for contempt as is conferred by statute.” In re Shelton (1957),…