Case Name: Brown v. The Kiechler Mfg. Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1918-03-19
Citations: 98 Ohio St. 440
Docket Number: No. 15510
Parties: Brown v. The Kiechler Mfg. Co.
Judges: Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman and Donahue, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 98
Pages: 440–441

Head Matter:
Brown v. The Kiechler Mfg. Co.
Release for personal injuries — Mental capacity to contract — Question for jury — Error to direct verdict.
(No. 15510
Decided March 19, 1918.)
Error to the Court of Appeals of Hamilton county.
Messrs. Galvin & Bauer, for plaintiff in error.
Messrs. Robertson, Buchwalter & Oppenheimer, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
It is ordered and'adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said court of appeals be, and the same hereby is, reversed; for the reason that the issue joined by the pleadings as to the mental capacity of the plaintiff to contract at the time he signed the paper writing purporting to be a release, as set forth in the answer, is a question of fact, to be determined by a jury under proper instructions, and for this reason, the trial court erred in directing a verdict for the defendant. (Perry v. The M. O'Neil Company, 78 Ohio St., 200, approved and followed.)
It is further ordered and adjudged, that this cause be remanded to the superior court of Cincinnati, Ohio, for further proceedings and trial according to the law.
Judgment reversed.
Nichols, C. J., Wanamaker, Newman and Donahue, JJ., concur.