State Ex Rel. Armstrong v. Davey

By the Court.

The decision hinges on the determination of the question whether the respondent has committed such an abuse of his discretion as to warrant this court to intervene by writ of mandamus.

Neither the United States Constitution, the Ohio Constitution, ■ nor the statutes enacted pursuant thereto fix a time or impose a time limit for holding the special elections to fill vacancies in situations such as we have before, us in this case. The United States Constitution and the Constitution of Ohio provide that the time, place and manner of holding elections for the filling of vacancies…