52 Ohio St. 2d 70 | Ohio | 1977
This court has stated in Zangerle v. Court of Common Pleas (1943), 141 Ohio St. 70, that “[c]ourts of general jurisdiction * * * possess all powers necessary to secure and safeguard the free and untrammeled exercise of their judicial functions and cannot be directed, controlled or impeded therein by other branches of the government.” See, also, State, ex rel. Foster, v. Bd. of County Commrs. (1968), 16 Ohio St. 2d 89. In addition, in State, ex rel. Edwards, v. Murray (1976), 48 Ohio St. 2d 303, this court
The amount requested by relators not being unreasonable, the funds necessary to comply with this request being in the treasury of Clark County, and relators having no plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law, the writ of mandamus is allowed.
Writ allowed.