# State ex rel. Wetecamp v. Brown

> Ohio Supreme Court · March 25, 1953 · 159 Ohio St. (N.S.) 172

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## Case

- **Full name:** The State, ex rel. Wetecamp v. Brown, Secy. of State
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 25, 1953
- **Citations:** 159 Ohio St. (N.S.) 172
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Hart, Matthias, Middleton, Stewart, Taet, Weygandt, Zimmerman
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
The issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the appointment as prayed for would be a vain thing, inasmuch, had Wetecamp been holding the office for such term, he would automatically have been retired on June 30, 1952, as required by Section 486-59, General Code, unless, upon approval of an application therefor, he had been “continued in service for a period of one year or any part thereof,” which the Secretary of State, as the appointing authority, refused to do.
The question involved, therefore, is moot. The petition is dismissed on authority of Miner v. Witt, City Clerk, 82 Ohio St., 237 , 92 N. E., 21 .
Petition dismissed.
Weygandt, C. J., Middleton, Taet, Matthias, Hart, Zimmerman and Stewart, JJ., concur.

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