Houser v. Ohio Historical Society

This is an appeal from the Marietta Municipal Court. Appellant makes two assignments of error:

“1. The judgment was manifestly against the weight of the evidence and contrary to the applicable rules of law.

“2. Trial court erred in finding the statute of limitations barred the filing of the replevin action founded upon contracts in writing.”

The first assignment of error is given in general terms and the second more exactly, but both raise essentially the same point and we shall therefore consider them together.

The record discloses the following facts: Mary Dana Houser was a descendant of Israel…