Porter v. Hopkins
Porter v. Hopkins
Opinion of the Court
These actions come into this court on appeal from the court of common pleas. They are brought on behalf of the city of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton, the board of education of the city school district of the city of Cincinnati and the trustees
Objection is made by defendants to the jurisdiction of this court to entertain these injunction proceedings, by reason of Section 58 of said act, which is as follows:
“No injunction shall issue suspending or restraining a,ny order, classification or rate adopted by the board, or any action of the Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Attorney-General, or the auditor or treasurer of any county, required to be taken by them or any of them by any of the provisions of this act; but nothing herein shall affect any right or defense in any action brought by the board or the state in pursuance of authority contained in this act.”
Plaintiffs rely, however, upon the right of the prosecuting attorney of the county by virtue of Section 2921, General Code, and the solicitor of the city by virtue of Section 4311, General Code, to bring such actions for the purpose of restraining the misapplication of funds and the illegal payment of money from the treasury.
While these sections relied upon are both broad in their terms and would ordinarily confer the authority to bring such actions by the prosecuting attorney and the city solicitor, Section 58 of the act in question is so specific that it must be held to control. And as it does not take away the right of the courts to entertain other actions to determine the question of constitutionality sought to be raised herein, by its terms, this coirrt has no jurisdiction to entertain these cases, and is without authority to grant the relief prayed therein.
The actions, therefore, will be dismissed.
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