State Ex Rel. Trussell v. Meigs County Board of Commissioners

{¶ 1} In his second amended complaint, relator, Ralph E. Trussell, Sheriff of Meigs County, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel respondents, the Board of Commissioners of Meigs County and its members, individually, to fund his office for fiscal year 2003 in the full amount listed in his request for appropriations and to retroactively fund approximately $140,000 expended by the sheriffs office in fiscal year 2002 without an appropriation. He alleges that the board has a clear duty to fully fund the mandatory, statutorily imposed duties of his office (1) under the constitutional doctrine of…