Rosso v. Ohio Dept. of Administrative Services

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims of Ohio. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendant, Ohio Department of Administrative Services (hereinafter ODAS).

Plaintiff, on April 1,1977, rented .388 acres of abandoned Hocking Canal Lands in Fairfield County from the state of Ohio for a term of fifteen years at an annual rental rate of $105. Plaintiff sublet the property on May 5, 1978, to Merle Thrasher, d.b.a. Taylor Rental Center. Subsequently, on March 23, 1979, the director of ODAS notified plaintiff that his leasehold interest was reduced to .284 acres and that…