In re Hawke

Ohio Supreme Court
In re Hawke, 1 Ohio Law. Abs. 310 (Ohio 1923)
140 N.E. 583; 107 Ohio St. 341; 1923 Ohio LEXIS 277
Day, Jones, Matthias, Wanamaker

In re Hawke

Opinion of the Court

WANAMAKER, J.:

1. State constitutions are primarily' limitations upon political power, and secondarily delegations of political power.

2. Section 6, Article IV, of the Constitution of Ohio, defines the¡ appellate jurisdiction of the courts of appeals in these words: “Appellate jurisdiction in the trial of chancery cases, and, to review, affirm, modify or reverse the judgments of the courts of common pleas,” etc. Such limitation of “appelate jurisdiction,” to the “trial” of chancery cases,’ denies to the general assembly the power to extend that jurisdition to the “trial of any other class of cases than chancery cases. Cincinnati Polyclinic v. Balch, 92 Ohio St. 415, and Wagner v. Armstrong, 93 Ohio St. 443, approved and followed.)

3. Chancery cases do not now and never have comprehended proceedings in disbarment or suspension of attorneys at law.

Judgment affirmed.

Jones, Matthias and Day, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
In the Matter of George S. Hawke, Attorney-at-Law
Cited By
10 cases
Status
Published