Ohio Supreme Court, 1924

Hummer v. Parsons

Hummer v. Parsons
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided December 23, 1924 · Allen, Conn, Day, Jones, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson
3 Ohio Law. Abs. 11

Hummer v. Parsons

Opinion of the Court

MATTHIAS, J.

1. An action to foreclose a lien upon real estate and to subject property to the satisfaction thereof, whether such lien is a mortgage or a mechanics’ lien, is a chancery proceeding and is appealable.

2. Whether a proceeding is an action in chancery or a suit at law is to be determined from the pleadings and from the issue made thereby.

Judgment affirmed.

Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Jones, Day, Allen and Conn, JJ., concur.

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