Pierce v. Hagans

Citations

• 79 Ohio St. (N.S.) 9

Syllabus

<p>A resident taxpayer — Of incorporated village — Having no official legal counsel — May enjoin municipality from expenditure of funds.</p> <p>A resident taxpayer, owning property within an incorporated village subject to be taxed for the support of the revenues of the village, in which village there is no solicitor nor other legal counsel whose duties require him, in the name of the corporation, to apply to a court to restrain the illegal use of the funds of the corporation, is not without legal capacity to maintain, for himself and on behalf of the village, an action against the municipal authorities to enjoin the unauthorized expenditure of the funds of the village.</p>