Hile v. City of Cleveland

George D. Hile, plaintiff in error, as a taxpayer, brought an action in the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county against the city of Cleveland and certain executive officers of the city, including the chief of police, Jacob Graul, in which action Hile sought to restrain ‘by injunction the payment by the city to Graul of his salary as chief of police.

The facts alleged by Hile, as a basis for the relief sought, were, in brief, that Graul had been appointed chief without being required to pass a civil service examination, as called for by. Section 10, Article XV, of the Ohio Constitution,…