Ohio Supreme Court, 1934

Union Trust Co. v. Republic Asphalt Paving Co.

Union Trust Co. v. Republic Asphalt Paving Co.
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided April 11, 1934 · Weygandt, Allen, Stephenson, Jones, Matthias, Bevis, Zimmerman
191 N.E. 4; 128 Ohio St. 153; 128 Ohio St. (N.S.) 153; 1934 Ohio LEXIS 320 (North Eastern Reporter)

Union Trust Co. v. Republic Asphalt Paving Co.

Opinion of the Court

It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals be, and the same hereby is, reversed and said cause is hereby remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery county, Ohio, with instructions to sustain the demurrer to the petition, for the reason that statutes in derogation of the common' law must be strictly construed, and under a strict construction of Section 712, General Code, presentation of a cheek for certification is not a presentation for “collection and payment”. Fulton, Supt. of Banks, v . B. R. Baker-Toledo Co., post, 226.

Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

Weygandt, C. J., Allen, Stephenson, Jones, Matthias, Bevis and Zimmerman, JJ., concur.

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