Ohio Supreme Court, 1919

Smith v. Cleveland Life Insurance

Smith v. Cleveland Life Insurance
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 23, 1919 · Johnson, Matthias, Merrell, Nichols, Robinson, Wanamaker
100 Ohio St. (N.S.) 546

Smith v. Cleveland Life Insurance

Opinion of the Court

This court finds on authority of Gibbs v. Village of Girard, 88 Ohio St., 34, that this cause should have been submitted to the jury and that the court erred in instructing the jury to find a verdict in favor of the defendant.

It is,- therefore, ordered and adjudged by this court that the judgment of the said court of 'appeals be, and the same hereby is, reversed.

Judgment reversed.

Nichols, C. J., Johnson, Wanamaker, Robinson and Merrell, JJ., concur. Matthias; J., not participating.

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