State, Ex Rel. Ruth v. Hoffman

OPINION

By MATTHEWS, PJ.:

By this proceeding, the relator seeks to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court to issue a writ of mandamus, directing the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Division of Domestic Relations, to enter upon its journal a decree of divorce.

It is alleged in the petition that the divorce case came on to be heard on September 16th, 1946, before the late Frederick L. Hoffman, now deceased, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County, Ohio; that at the conclusion of the trial said Judge announced that a divorce was granted the…