City of Mansfield v. Endly

This action was begun by the city of Mansfield by virtue of and in accordance with Section 286 of the General Code of Ohio, for the purpose of recovering the sum of $175, previously found by the Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices to have been illegally paid by the city to the defendant, Albert B. Endly, as salary for his services as councilman. It is made known that this is a test case, which will be decisive of a similar question existing between the city and some ten or more other councilmen.

The question presented is dependent upon the constitutionality of Section 4209…