State Ex Rel. Snyder v. Board of Elections

This is an action in prohibition, originating in this court, by a taxpayer as relatrix to re7 strain the Board of Elections of Lncas county from submitting to the electors of Toledo, a charter city, at a special election on April 11, 1946, a referendum on an ordinance passed - by the city council on February 28, 1946, imposing a one per cent tax on payrolls and incomes within the city.

The petition alleges that a referendum petition was filed and certified as sufficient by the clerk of council to the board and election date fixed, all as provided in the city charter. To the petition a general…