Case Name: MADISON SQ. REALTY CO v. LICHTMAN
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-09-15
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 731
Docket Number: No. 5189
Parties: MADISON SQ. REALTY CO v. LICHTMAN
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 731–731

Head Matter:
No. 767
MADISON SQ. REALTY CO v. LICHTMAN
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 5189.
Decided Sept. 15, 1924
465. ERROR — Reviewing court will not reverse judgments of trial court if credible evidence tending to support judgment appear.
903. PAYMENT — Inadvertent payment of money by tenant for electric current used by landlord recoverable.
Attorneys — Snyder, Henry, Thomsen, Ford & Seagrave, for Madison Sq. Realty Co.; Schwartz & Lustig, for Lichtman; all of Cincinnati.

Opinion:
SULLIVAN, J.
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
Action was brought by Madison Sq. Realty Co. in Cleveland Municipal Court to recover rent from Lichtman. Lichtman answered and by way of cross-petition alleged that he by inadvertence paid the electric light bills of his landlord in the premises. It appeared that the electric light current used by the landlord passed the tenant's meter. Both parties recovered judgment, but the tenant's judgment was in excess of that of the landlord. Affirming the trial court, the Cuyahoga Court of Appeals held:
1. Reviewing courts will not reverse a judgment of trial court if there is credible evidence tending to support the judgment rendered, even though the reviewing court might have found differently.
2. Inadvertent payment of money by tenant for electric current used by landlord) but running through tenant's meter is distinguished from that of voluntarily rendering service, which in inception no intention to charge therefor was manifest.