COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 76543
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
MICHAEL DAVIS                 :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 8437
                              :
UNITED FURNITURE, et al       :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
13612 Euclid Avenue           :
East Cleveland, Ohio  44112   :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JULY 29, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           MICHAEL DAVIS,  pro se
                              12608 Forest Hill
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44112
For respondent    :           UNITED FURNITURE
                              13612 Euclid Avenue
                              East Cleveland, Ohio  44112
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JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.
     Relator, Michael Davis, through his complaint for a writ  of
mandamus,  seeks an  order  from  this court  that  requires  the
respondent, United Furniture, to execute a contract for the sale of
furniture.
     Sua sponte, we dismiss the relator's complaint for a writ of
mandamus. Mandamus will not lie to enforce a private right against
a private individual.  State ex rel. Russell v. Duncan (1992), 64
Ohio St.3d 538; State ex rel. Pressley v. Indus. Comm. (1967), 11
Ohio St.2d 141.   In addition, the relator possesses an  adequate
remedy at law through an action for damages based upon a claim of
breach of contract.   State ex rel. Westchester Estates, Inc.  v.
Bacon (1980), 61 Ohio St.2d 42.
     Accordingly, we dismiss the relator's complaint for a writ of
mandamus.  Costs to relator.
     Writ dismissed.
JUDGE ANN DYKE, CONCURS
                                   ______________________________
                                         JAMES M. PORTER
                                       ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
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