Cosgray v. Dawson, Unpublished Decision (6-30-2000)
Cosgray v. Dawson, Unpublished Decision (6-30-2000)
Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Defendant Elizabeth Ann Dawson appeals a summary judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio, entered in favor of plaintiff Carl Richard Cosgray, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Carl Richard Cosgray, Sr. Appellant assigns three errors to the trial court:ASSIGNMENTS OF ERROR
ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 1:
THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT APPELLEE WAS ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT ON HIS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW.
ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 2:
THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT APPELLEE WAS ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT ON HIS MOTION OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT WHERE, AT A MINIMUM, THERE WAS A GENUINE ISSUE OF TRIABLE FACT ACKNOWLEDGED BY APPELLANT IN HER AFFIDAVIT ATTACHED TO HER MEMORANDUM CONTRA PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT.
ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NO. 3
THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT APPELLEE WAS ENTITLED TO JUDGMENT ON HIS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT WITHOUT DETERMINING THE MARKET VALUE OF THE REAL ESTATE WHEN DAMAGES WERE ASSESSED AGAINST APPELLANT.
Appellant's statement of the issue presented, made pursuant to Loc. App.R. 9 (A) urges the court's summary judgment was inappropriate because the action raises material issues in genuine dispute. The underlying action concerned an auction of real estate. Appellant made the highest bid, but then refused to go forward with the purchase.
Civ.R. 56 (C) provides: Summary judgment shall be rendered forthwith if the pleading, depositions, answers to interrogatories, written admissions, affidavits, transcripts of evidence in the pending case, and written stipulations of fact, if any, timely filed in the action, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. No evidence or stipulation may be considered except as stated in this rule. A summary judgment shall not be rendered unless it appears from such evidence or stipulation and only therefrom, that reasonable minds can come to but one conclusion and that conclusion is adverse to the party against whom the motion for summary judgment is made, such party being entitled to have the evidence or stipulation construed most strongly in his favor. A summary judgment, interlocutory in character, may be rendered on the issue of liability alone although there is a genuine issue as to the amount of damages.
A trial court should not enter a summary judgment if it appears a material fact is genuinely disputed, nor if, construing the allegations most favorably towards the non-moving party, reasonable minds could draw different conclusions from the undisputed facts, Hounshell v. American States Insurance Company (1981),
________________________ Gwin, P.J.,
Hoffman, J., and Milligan, J., concur
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