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The State ex Rel., MacDonald v. Fergusion

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 7, 1951
155 Ohio St. 46 (Ohio 1951)

Opinion

No. 32433

Decided March 7, 1951.

Ohio Turnpike Act — Consulting and traffic engineers — Turnpike Commission — Membership — Powers and duties — Appropriation of private property for toll roads — Issuance of bonds payable from turnpike project revenue — Delegation of legislative authority — Constitutional law.

IN MANDAMUS.

Mr. Ed D. Schorr and Mr. Charles J. Chastang, for relators.

Mr. Robert L. Drury, for respondent.

Mr. Herbert S. Duffy and Mr. William C. O'Neill, attorneys general, Mr. Joseph Nelson Lancione and Mr. Hugh A. Sherer, for intervening petitioners.


The facts in this case are substantially the same as those involved in State, ex rel. Allen et al., d.b.a. J.E. Greiner Co., v. Ferguson, Aud., ante, 26, and the questions of law involved are the same. On the authority of that case, the demurrer to the amended answer of the auditor in the instant case is sustained and the writ prayed for is allowed.

Demurrer to amended answer sustained and writ allowed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., ZIMMERMAN, STEWART, MIDDLETON, TAFT and HART, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

The State ex Rel., MacDonald v. Fergusion

Supreme Court of Ohio
Mar 7, 1951
155 Ohio St. 46 (Ohio 1951)
Case details for

The State ex Rel., MacDonald v. Fergusion

Case Details

Full title:THE STATE, EX REL. MACDONALD ET AL., D.B.A. PARSONS, BRINCKERHOFF, HALL…

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Mar 7, 1951

Citations

155 Ohio St. 46 (Ohio 1951)
97 N.E.2d 671

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