State ex rel. Montrie Nursing Home, Inc. v. Aggrey

Ordinarily, there are three prerequisites to the issuance of a writ of mandamus. As this court held in the *126first paragraph of the syllabus in State, ex rel Heller, v. Miller (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 6:

“In order to grant a writ of mandamus, the court must find that relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that respondent is under a clear legal duty to perform the requested act, and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law.***”

In addition, this court has held that in order for a relator to receive money due him by a state official, the amount recoverable must be…