State Ex Rel. Hinchliffe v. Gibbons

By the Court.

This is an original suit in this court praying a writ of mandamus against the members of the city council of Cleveland, Ohio, to compel legislative action on the part of the council in the matter of submitting to the electors of the city of Cleveland at a special election the question of certain amendments to the charter of the city of Cleveland.

Section 9 of Article 5VIII of the Ohio Constitution provides that proposed amendments to a city charter shall be submitted to the electors by the legislative authority of the city, upon petition signed by 10 per cent, of the electors of…