Spicer v. James

On February 24,1982 plaintiffs-appellees filed a complaint in the Fairborn Municipal Court for past rent due on a lease agreement signed by defendants-appellants. The parties submitted their case to a referee for a hearing on October 31, 1983. The referee issued his report and recommendation on December 5, 1983, holding that the defendants-appellants were liable for the past rent due. The municipal court judge approved the referee’s opinion on March 9, 1984 and defendants-appellants have appealed to this court asserting the following assignments of error which will be considered together:

“I.…