State ex rel. Mansfield v. Sipes

Citations

• 22 Ohio C.C. Dec. 440

Syllabus

<p>BASIS OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO COMMON PLEAS JUDGES.</p> <p>Statutory Regulation as to Salaries op Common Pleas Judges Based-upon Population Because Litigation is in Proportion to Population — Regard may be Had por Consideration op Injustice in Construing a Statute which is Ambiguous.</p> <p>A judge of the court of common pleas in a judicial subdivision containing more than one county, whose term of office began before the adoption of the present code, is entitled under R. S. 1284a (Qen. Code 2252), to extra compensation calculated on the basis of the population of the subdivision, rather than on the basis of the population of the county where he happens-to reside.</p> <p>[Syllabus by the court.]</p>