State ex rel. Gallagher v. Salen

Citations

• 26 Ohio C.C. Dec. 541
• 16 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 276

Syllabus

<p>ALIENS — MANDAMUS—NATURALIZATION.</p> <p>Mandamus does not Lie to Compel Clerk of Common Pleas to Issue Naturalization Papers.</p> <p>A writ of mandamus will not lie to require the clerk of the common pleas court to issue citizenship papers to “an honorably discharged soldier of the national guard of the state of Ohio,” until the court of which he is clerk has been satisfied that relator is eligible to citizenship and has shown that he has declared his intention to become a citizen and has resided within the state for one year and is of good moral character.</p> <p>[Syllabus by the court.]</p>