Lehman v. City of Toledo

OPINION

It is admited that the ordinance of April 17th could constitute no more than a request that the employes forego payment of 10% of their salaries for the reason and purposes therein stated, and the employes, we think it fair to say, knew that the effect of the ordinance necessarily was so limited, and if they did not actually so understand, the law declares it to be so. In the absence of fraud or deceit, one may not avoid the legal consequences of his acts by asserting that he did not know that he would become bound thereby. It is a matter of common knowledge that other political…