Village of Bellville v. Beal

In this case involving a question of the scope of the constitutional home rule power of a municipal corporation (the village of Bellville), we affirm the judgment of the trial court, the Court of Common Pleas of Richland County, because, in our opinion, the court correctly perceived and applied the law as laid down to us in the recent decision of the Ohio Supreme Court in the case of the Benevolent Assn. v. Parma (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 375 [15 O.O.3d 450].

In the case at bar, the Council of the village of Bellville enacted Ordinance No. 19-74 which increased the compensation of the members of…