110 N.E.2d 424
No. 33327Supreme Court of Ohio.
Decided January 21, 1953.
Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Declaratory judgment action to determine constitutionality of statute — Act prohibiting ownership, possession, exhibition or transportation of gambling devices — Sections 13066-1 through 13066-4, General Code — Police power — Slot machines acquired before effective date of act — Inalienable rights — Section 1, Article I, Constitution — Inviolability of property — Section 19, Article I, Constitution — Article XIV, Amendments, U.S. Constitution.
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Champaign county.
Mr. Arthur W. Gurklies, for appellant.
Mr. C. William O’Neill, attorney general, Mr. Robert E. Leach, Mr. Richard P. Faulkner, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Clifford R. Wagner, city solicitor, for appellees.
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It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.
Appeal dismissed.
WEYGANDT, C.J., MIDDLETON, TAFT, MATTHIAS, HART, ZIMMERMAN and STEWART, JJ., concur.