State ex rel. Janik v. Board of Elections

TMs is an action in mandamus brought originally in this court, in which relator, Frank J. Janik, seeks a writ requiring the Board of Elections of Lorain County to submit a referendum on Ordinance No. 0-68-16, passed by the council of the city of Amherst, to the electorate of that city. The matter is submitted on the petition, amended answer and reply.

Such ordinance fixes the price for natural gas which may be charged by Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., a public utility, to the inhabitants of the city of Amherst for a period of four years. The terms and conditions of the ordinance were accepted in…