Clare & Foster, Inc. v. Diamond S. Electric Co.

This action started in the Municipal Court of Sandusky, which entered judgment for the defendant for the reason that plaintiff is a New York corporation which has failed to obtain a license to do business in Ohio. On appeal and trial de novo, the Common Pleas Court entered the same judgment and this appeal on questions of law was perfected.

The defendant filed a motion in the Common Pleas Court to dismiss the appeal to it and claimed such appeal on law and fact did not lie. This motion was overruled, and defendant now urges that the Common Pleas Court did not have jurisdiction of the appeal.…