Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Coolahan

Ohio Supreme Court
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Coolahan, 3 Ohio Law. Abs. 99 (Ohio 1925)
Allen, Day, Jones, Kinkade, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson

Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. Coolahan

Opinion of the Court

MARSHALL, C. J.

An acknowledgement of a lease taken by a notary public or justice of the peace at a place within the state and outside of the county in and for which such notary public or justice of the peace is commissioned, for lands located outside of such county, is null and void. Lessee of Moore v. Vance, 1 Ohio 1; Lessee of Kinsman v Loomis, 11 Ohio 475; Crumbaugh v. Kugler, 2 Ohio St., 374; Moore v. Lesee of Moore, 3 Ohio St., 154, distinguished.

Judgment affirmed.

Jones, Matthias, Day, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. P. J. Coolahan and Elizabeth Coolahan
Status
Published