Legal Opinion

City of Cincinnati v. Ziegler

Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County

Decided September 1, 1914Published

Heard on motion of William Ziegler for a new trial and the motions of Fred Schmutte to dismiss the proceedings and for a new trial.

1Opinion of the CourtGeoghegan, J.

The motion of the defendant Ziegler for a new trial is based principally upon an alleged error of the court in refusing to give a special instruction to the jury to the effect that the jury might consider the fact that the property of the defendant Ziegler abutted upon other property that had been • acquired by the city of Cincinnati through its park commissioners for a boulevard, and the refusal of the court to admit testimony as to its alleged enhanced value by reason of that fact.

*170This proceeding was one to appropriate property for park purposes. The property sought to be appropriated is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Matter Appl'n Mayor, Etc., of City of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1885
  3. City of Coldwater v. TuckerMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Matter of Lands in the Town of FlatbushNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  5. Benton v. Inhabitants of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890

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