McLarren v. Johnson
McLarren v. Johnson
Opinion of the Court
The provision in Section 6, Article IV of the Constitution of Ohio, as amended September 3, 1912, directing the judges of a court of appeals to certify the record of a case to the supreme court for review and final determination where they find that a judgment which they have agreed upon is in conflict with the judgment pronounced upon the same question by any other court of appeals of the state, does not authorize the judges of the court of appeals to certify the record of a case where they find that a judgment upon which they have agreed is in conflict with the judgment pronounced upon the same question by a circuit court.
While, under the amendments to the constitution, the courts of appeals are successors to the circuit courts of the state, yet they are not the same as the circuit courts. The amendments to the constitution create the courts of appeals, and the framers of the amendments to the constitution specifically designate that the judgment upon which one court of appeals has agreed must be in conflict with the judgment pronounced upon the same question by another court of appeals. Courts have no power or authority to extend the plain and positive provisions of this section to include circuit courts.
Aside from this consideration, however, it is apparent that the circuit courts were not intended to be included within this provision of the constitu
Motion to dismiss sustained.
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