Case Name: Samuel Schuch et al. v. John Groh
Court: Hamilton Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1899
Citations: 10 Ohio Cir. Dec. 815
Docket Number: 
Parties: Samuel Schuch et al. v. John Groh.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Decisions
Volume: 10
Pages: 815–815

Head Matter:
JUDGMENTS — JOINT CLAIMS.
[Hamilton Circuit Court,
1899.]
Smith, Swing, and Giffen, JJ.
Samuel Schuch et al. v. John Groh.
1. Judgment Against Joint Defendants Wiieee Only One is Served.
Judgment against two persons, on a joint claim, where only one was before the court, is erroneous as to the one served and void as to the one not served.
2. Practice — Petition in Error by Such Joint Defendants.
On a petition in error by both defendants, the judgment as to both must be set aside.
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton county.
Galvin & Bauer and Joseph B. Kelley, for plaintiffs in error.
J. T. De Mar, contra.

Opinion:
Smith, J.
A judgment rendered against two persons on a joint claim when only one of the persons was before the court, is erroneous as to the one served and void as to the one not served, and on a petition in error, filed by both, the judgment as to both must be set aside.