Dearwester v. Lagos

This is a properly perfected appeal from the Municipal Court of Bellefontaine, Ohio, wherein the court found for the plaintiff on a small claim and ordered the refund of a security deposit in the amount of $500.

Briefly, the facts are that the plaintiff-appellee, Calvin D. Dear-wester, Jr., contacted the defendants-appellants, Tina Lagos and Lillian Lagos, to inspect one of their apartments. The appellants’ agent showed the apartment. Dearwester agreed to rent the apartment and paid a $250 deposit toward the rent. Appellants’ agent gave Dearwester a receipt which reads:

“Received $250.00…