Carroll v. Washington Township Zoning Commission

The cardinal issue presented is whether R. C. 2721.12 requires, in an action for declaratory relief involving the constitutionality of a township zoning resolution, the service of a copy of the complaint upon the attorney general.

R. C. 2721.12, as pertinent herein, provides:

“* * * In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, the municipal corporation shall he made a party and shall be heard, and if any statute or the ordinance or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the attorney general shall also be served with a. copy of the proceeding and…