Legal Opinion
Bishop v. East Ohio Gas Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 12, 1944No. 29693PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
The all important question in this case is whether the Court of Appeals, when it modified a judgment in the amount of $10,500 by reducing it to four dollars upon the ground that, to the extent the judgment exceeded four dollars, it was excessive and not sustained by any evidence, usurped the functions of the jury.
The jurisdiction of Courts of Appeals is fixed by the Constitution. Section 6 of Article IV provides in part as follows:
“The Courts of Appeals shall have * * * appellate jurisdiction * * * to review, affirm, modify, or reverse the judgments of the Courts of Common Pleas * * * within…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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