State Ex Rel. Collett v. Truax

This application for a peremptory writ of mandamus arises under Section 1436 of the General Code, the pertinent portions of which are as follows:

“It shall be lawful for any citizen of the state of Ohio to engage in the business of raising and selling domesticated English ringneck or Mongolian or Chinese pheasant, mallard or black ducks, on the lands on which he is the owner or lessee. Any citizen desiring to engage in the propagation of the birds herein mentioned, shall make application in writing to the secretary of agriculture for a permit, and when it shall appear that such apjjlication is…