State ex rel. Harrell v. Board of Education

For a writ of mandamus to issue, a court must find that the relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that the respondent is under a corresponding clear legal duty to perform the requested act, and that relator has no plain and adequate *58remedy at law. Freshour v. Radcliff (1988), 35 Ohio St. 3d 181, 519 N.E. 2d 395; State, ex rel. Westchester Estates, Inc., v. Bacon (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 42, 15 O.O. 3d 53, 399 N.E. 2d 81, paragraph one of the syllabus. For the following reasons, we find that appellees Harrell and Celigoj have each sustained their burdens of proof on these…