Ohio Supreme Court, 1925

Westhoven v. Public Utilities Commission

Westhoven v. Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1925 · Allen, Day, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson
3 Ohio Law. Abs. 269

Westhoven v. Public Utilities Commission

Opinion of the Court

ROBINSON, J.

The provisions of an ordinance making the non-payment of an excise tax levied in pursuance to such ordinance a misdemeanor and upon conviction imposing a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, is not in violation of Section 15 of Article I of the Constitution of Ohio. ’“No person shall ..be imprisoned for debt in any civil action, on mesne or final process, unless in causes of fraud.”

Judgment affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Matthias, Day and Allen, ■ JJ., concur.

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