Ohio Supreme Court, 1928

Lannen v. Worland

Lannen v. Worland
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided June 6, 1928 · Allen, Jones, Kinkade, Matthias, Robinson
6 Ohio Law. Abs. 369

Lannen v. Worland

Opinion of the Court

ROBINSON, J.

1. Sections 5967, 5966 and 5969, General Code, while originally enacted in two separate and distinct acts, are related and inter-dependent and will be construed with a view to harmonizing their several provisions and giving effect to all.

2. The right created by Section 5967, General Code, in favor of a dependent of a person/ expending money or incurring an obligation in or on account of a scheme of gambling does not accrue to such dependent until six months after such expenditure or incurring of an obligation.

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

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