Case Name: Kimmel v. Pratt
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1883-01
Citations: 40 Ohio St. 344
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kimmel v. Pratt.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 40
Pages: 344–344

Head Matter:
Kimmel v. Pratt.
Error to the District Court of Hancock County.
J. F. Burlcet, for plaintiff in error.
A. Blackford and John Foe, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The plaintiff against whom an answer " demanding affirmative relief " is filed, is " a defendant to a cross-petition," and section 5097, Revised Statutes, gives him until "the third Saturday after the cross-petition is filed" to plead to it. A judgment taken by such defendant before said third Saturday without the knowledge of the plaintiff, is obtained by "irregularity," and should be set aside by a proceeding under chapter six, division four, of title one, Revised Statutes.
Judgment affirmed.