Case ID: ohio-st_40/html/0603-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "By the Court.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Russell v. Moody.
    
      J. H. and 3. Morrison, for plaintiff in error.
    
      R. W. Taylor, for defendant in error.
    Error to the District Court of Columbiana County.
   By the Court.

A summons in a civil action before a justice of the peace required the defendants “to answer unto Edward A. Moody ” (the plaintiff) “ who claims of the defendants, in a civil action, the sum of $185.50 for a-promissory note and interest thereon.” There was no indorsement on the writ of “the amount for which the plaintiff rvill take judgment if the defendant fail to appear.” Russell, a defendant, on whom the summons was personally served, did not appear. The justice rendered judgment against Mm for $185 and costs. Russell filed a petition in error in the common pleas.

Held: The justice had no power to render judgment against Russell.

Judgment reversed.