Haught v. City of Dayton

Although the Court of Common Pleas dismissed this cause “for the reason that there exists an adequate remedy at law,” the record does not indicate the remedy to which that court was alluding. The Court of Appeals assumed that the remedy was an appeal from the amendment of Rule 24 by the Dayton Civil Service Board, under R. C. Chapter 2506, to the Common Pleas Court. On the other hand, appellants contended that the remedy referred to was an appeal of the allegedly wrongful layoffs, first to the Dayton Civil Service Board, as provided by the Dayton City Charter, and then, if unsuccessful to the…