Cunningham v. Crabbe

O’Neill, Judge.

This cause originated in the trial court when a township trustee of Wells Township filed a complaint alleging that a group of citizens had placed petitions before the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners in an effort to create a new township pursuant to R.C. 503.09. R.C. 503.09 reads as follows:

“Where a township contains a municipal corporation, either in whole or in part, if a majority of the freehold electors owning land in the portion of such a township outside the municipal corporation’s corporate limits, petitions, with a map accurately setting forth such territory,…