Case Name: The Columbus Gas & Fuel Co. v. Decker
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1911-12-19
Citations: 85 Ohio St. 475
Docket Number: No. 12875
Parties: The Columbus Gas & Fuel Co. v. Decker.
Judges: Spear, C. J., Davis, Shauck and Price, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 85
Pages: 475–476

Head Matter:
No. 12875.
The Columbus Gas & Fuel Co. v. Decker.
Decided December 19, 1911.
Error to Circuit Court of Franklin county.
Messrs. Addison & Addison, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. W. H. Iones and Mr. L. J. Hegelheimer, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Judgment of the common pleas and circuit courts reversed, and judgment for plaintiff in error. Grounds stated in journal entry.
It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said circuit court be, and the same hereby is, reversed for error in affirming and in not reversing the judgment of the court of common pleas of Franklin county in the case of Andrew Decker v. The Columbus Gas & Fuel Company. And this court finding that, by the evidence introduced by the plaintiff below, the said plaintiff was himself guilty of negligence contributing directly to his injury, the plaintiff below, having full and entire knowledge of the dangers of the situation as was shown by his own evidence. And proceed ing to render the judgment which said circuit court should have rendered, it is considered and adjudged that the judgment of the court of common pleas in said cause be, and the same hereby is, reversed and final judgment is here entered in favor of the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error, dismissing the petition of the defendant in error, at his costs.
Spear, C. J., Davis, Shauck and Price, JJ., concur.