State ex rel. Musser v. City of Massillon

We recently addressed the subject of funding municipal courts in State, ex rel. Durkin, v. Youngstown City Council (1984), 9 Ohio St. 3d 132. We reiterated that the question of whether a local legislative authority is under a mandatory duty to appropriate funds for certain budget requests is dependent upon the statute authorizing the expenditure, stating at 134:

“In evaluating this argument, we are guided by State, ex rel. Cleveland Municipal Court, v. Cleveland City Council (1973), 34 Ohio St. 2d 120 [63 O.O.2d 199]. In that case, the Cleveland Municipal Court sought a writ of mandamus based…