State, Ex Rel. v. Conserv. Dist.

Relators contend that under Section 6, Article IV of the Ohio Constitution, giving Courts of Appeals original jurisdiction in mandamus, and under Sections 6828-70 and 12284, General Code, the Court of Appeals of Guernsey county was authorized to entertain these actions and to issue the writs.

Section 6828-70, General Code, is a special statutory grant of power to conservancy districts to enforce certain of their orders by the extraordinary writ of mandamus (State, ex rel.Miami Conservancy Dist., v. Baden, 130 Ohio St. 251,198 N.E. 865), and Section 12284, General Code, simply authorizes the…