State ex rel. Hester v. Crush

The General Assembly has said that “[t]he writ of mandamus must not be issued when there is plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.” R.C. 2731.05. We also have emphasized that mandamus is not available when the relator has a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. State ex rel. Casey Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Ohio Dept. of Transp. (1991), 61 Ohio St.3d 429, 575 N.E.2d 181; State ex rel. Pressley v. Indus. Comm. (1967), 11 Ohio St.2d 141, 40 O.O.2d 141, 228 N.E.2d 631, paragraph three of the syllabus.

In State ex rel. Hill v. Niehaus (1994), 68 Ohio…