State Ex Rel. Tietje v. Collett

Both sides in this litigation agree that the sole question at issue is whether the referendum petition here involved is valid. If it is valid, the offering of the bonds by the respondents to the officials in charge of the village sinking fund must await the outcome of the submission of the ordinance to a vote of the people of Ada. If, however, the referendum petition is invalid, the demurrer to the answer must be sustained and, the essential facts of the relator’s petition being admitted by the answer, the writ of mandamus must issue.

Section 5, Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution, relating…