America Rents v. Crawley

Plaintiff-appellant, America Rents, assignee of Guardian Electronics, appeals from the judgment rendered by the Franklin County Municipal Court. Appellant initiated this action in replevin seeking the return of certain consumer goods from defendant-appellee, Cynthia S. Crawley, resulting from her alleged default on a promissory note. Appellee did not file a responsive pleading to appellant’s complaint and, rather than filing an affidavit and posting bond pursuant to R.C. 2737.03, appellant waited the requisite period of time and moved for default judgment. The trial court awarded default…