Case Name: CARMOSINO v. STATE
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 776
Docket Number: No. 5543
Parties: CARMOSINO v. STATE
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 776–776

Head Matter:
No. 816
CARMOSINO v. STATE
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 5543.
Cuyahoga County
293. CONTEMPT — Contempt against a purchaser at sheriff’s] sale for default cannoti be supplemented by forfeiting a down payment.
Attorneys — M. A. Piceiano, for Carmosino; E. C. Stanton,-for State; both of Cleveland.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only In Ohio Law Abstract
A fine of $50 and an order forfeiting a down payment of $295 for the purchase of land sold at sheriff's sale was imlposed by the common pleas upon Carmosino. Reversing the court below, the Court of Appeals held:
1. Neither 11687 nor 12142 GC. affords a court authority to supplement the penalty and punishment for contempt by depriving a purchaser at public sale of his property without due process of law. Pierce v. Stewart, 61 OS. 424.