If the village solicitor or city director of law fails, upon the written request of any taxpayer of the municipal corporation, to make any application provided for in sections 733.56 to 733.58 of the Revised Code, the taxpayer may institute suit in his own name, on behalf of the municipal corporation. Any taxpayer of any municipal corporation in which there is no village solicitor or city director of law may bring such suit on behalf of the municipal corporation. No such suit or proceeding shall be entertained by any court until the taxpayer gives security for the cost of the proceeding.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 733.59
Taxpayer's suit
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case City of Hubbard ex rel. Creed v. Sauline (1996)
Most recently applied in Mack v. Toledo (December 2019)
Effective: November 1, 1977; Latest Legislation: House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly
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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.