Case Name: THATCHER v. P O & D R R CO
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1929-06-12
Citations: 7 Ohio Law Abs. 379
Docket Number: No 21595
Parties: THATCHER v P O & D R R CO
Judges: Kinkade, Robinson, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ, concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 7
Pages: 379–379

Head Matter:
THATCHER v P O & D R R CO
Ohio Supreme Court
No 21595.
Decided June 12, 1929

Opinion:
Syllabus by
MARSHALL, CJ.
ERROR PROCEEDINGS
(260 S) Where an error proceeding is filed in this court as of right, under a claim that it involves questions arising under the Constitution of the State of Ohio or the Constitution of the United States, and no motion is filed to certify the record, the court will not hear and determine the same, unless it is shown that the constitutional questions were presented to and determined by the court of first instance.
REAL ESTATE
(510 C) The provisions of Section 5 of Article 13 of the Constitution, requiring the compensation in appropriation proceedings for a right of way for a corporation to be "ascertained by a jury of twelve men," relates to the mode of trial and not to the qualifications of jurors.
The word "men" is used in a generic sense of persons, rather than in a limited sense of males.
Kinkade, Robinson, Jones, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ, concur.