Barksdale v. Van's Auto Sales, Inc.

Hans R. Veit, Judge.

This matter was initially before this court on January 26, 1987, at which time we affirmed the Cleveland Municipal Court’s ruling. We held that we could not consider the merits of the appeal because the notice of appeal mistakenly specified that the appeal was taken from the order denying the motion for a new trial rather than from the final judgment on the merits. The Supreme Court in Barksdale v. Van’s Auto Sales, Inc. (1988), 38 Ohio St.3d 127, 527 N.E.2d 284, reversed our judgment and held that any mistake in appealing from an order denying a motion for new trial…