State ex rel. Hepperla v. Glander

Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, and to maintain successfully an action in mandamus it is incumbent on the relator to show that he has no adequate remedy at law and that the person *62or persons against whom the issuance of the writ is asked have failed to perform a duty specially enjoined on them by law.

This court is of the opinion that the principle announced and applied in the case of State, ex rel. Hile, a Taxpayer, v. Zangerle, Aud., 132 Ohio St., 523, 9 N. E. (2d), 292, is largely determinative of the instant controversy. An examination of the record in that case discloses that both…