The village solicitor or city director of law shall apply, in the name of the municipal corporation, to a court of competent jurisdiction for an order of injunction to restrain the misapplication of funds of the municipal corporation, the abuse of its corporate powers, or the execution or performance of any contract made in behalf of the municipal corporation in contravention of the laws or ordinance governing it, or which was procured by fraud or corruption.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 733.56
Application for injunction
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Campbell v. PMI Food Equipment Group, Inc. (2007)
Most recently applied in 350 F. App'x 1 - Aarti Hospitality LLC v. City of Grove City, Ohio (September 2009)
Effective: November 1, 1977; Latest Legislation: House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.