Case Name: State v. Jacob Mandery
Court: Hamilton Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1905-08-01
Citations: 20 Ohio C.C. Dec. 832
Docket Number: 
Parties: State v. Jacob Mandery.
Judges: Giffen a,nd Swing, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Decisions
Volume: 20
Pages: 832–833

Head Matter:
ESTOPPEL — STATE—TRIAL.
[Hamilton (1st) Circuit Court,
August 1, 1905.]
Jelke, Giffen and Swing, JJ.
State v. Jacob Mandery.
‘Title to Property whether Originally Belonging to'the State, Submitted to Jury.
The state is not estopped to claim title to specific property included in, or part of, the original canal property of the state by the fact that taxes were assessed and collected thereon for an unbroken period of sixty years notwithstanding during which time neither the state nor any of its officials claimed or exercised any ownership thereof. The issue, therefore, is one of fact and should have been submitted to the jury.
ERROR to Hamilton common pleas.
W. H. Ellis, Atty. Gen., and C. F. Williams, for plaintiff in error.
Renner & Renner and Eugene Heim, for defendant in error.
Reversing State v. Mandery, 15 Dec 151 (3 O. L. R. 2).

Opinion:
JELKE, P. J.
We are of opinion that the trial court erred in directing the verdict at the close of all the testimony.
The issue of fact as to whether the specific property was included in and part of the original canal property of the state should have been submitted to the jury — there was enough testimony to require this.
The court's view of the law was erroneous and not in accord with State v. Railway, 53 Ohio St. 189 [41 N. E. Rep. 205], et seq.
Judgment reversed.
Giffen a,nd Swing, JJ., concur.