State ex rel. Thurn v. Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

Thurn initially requested a writ of mandamus to prevent the board from placing the three proposed ordinances on the May 1995 ballot. In general, where a complaint filed in this 'court or a court of appeals is purportedly in mandamus but the allegations manifestly indicate that the real object is injunction, the complaint does not state a cause of action for mandamus and must be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. State ex rel. Governor v. Taft (1994), 71 Ohio St.3d 1, 3, 640 N.E.2d 1136, 1137-1138; State ex rel. Walker v. Bowling Green (1994), 69 Ohio St.3d 391, 392, 632 N.E.2d 904, 905.…