Case Name: Jones, Exr., et al. v. Fronfield et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1908-10-20
Citations: 79 Ohio St. 435
Docket Number: No. 10925
Parties: Jones, Exr., et al. v. Fronfield et al.
Judges: Shauck, Crew, Summers, Spear and Davis, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 79
Pages: 435–436

Head Matter:
No. 10925.
Jones, Exr., et al. v. Fronfield et al.
Decided October 20, 1908.
Error to Circuit Court of Jackson county.
Messrs McGillivray & Armstrong, for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. C. S. Mauk and Mr. Timothy S. Hogan, for defendants in error.
Judgment modified and cause remanded to the court of common pleas for further proceedings according to law. Grounds stated in journal entry.

Opinion:
This court being of opinion that the circuit court, in an error case, has not power to make' a finding of facts which calls for review by this court, or conclusively binds the court of common pleas, nor to render final judgment except in a case of a finding of controlling facts by the trial court, or they are conceded, it is considered and adjudged that the said judgment of the circuit court be modified as follows: As to the finding of facts therein contained the said judgment is reversed and the said judgment reversing the judgment of the court of common pleas and remanding said cause to said court for further proceedings is affirmed, and said cause is ordered remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of Jackson county for further proceedings according to law.
Shauck, Crew, Summers, Spear and Davis, JJ., concur.