State Ex Rel. Corrigan v. Great Northern-Chan Restaurant, Inc.

Plaintiff-relator’s complaint in quo warranto seeks to oust certain purported officers and directors of designated corporations from holding those positions or exercising those functions. Because the corporations involved are not created by the authority of this state, we must grant defendant’s motion to dismiss.

This court’s authority in quo warran-to proceedings is limited by the statutory scope of such actions. State, ex rel. Price, v. Columbus, Delaware & Marion Elec. Co. (1922), 104 Ohio St. 120, 125. Governing statutes provide:

R.C. 2733.01:

“A civil action in quo warranto may be brought…