Jones v. Booker

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas which granted a motion for a new trial filed by appellee, Ollie Booker. Appellant, William L. Jones, sets forth the following assignment of error:

“The lower court abused its discretion when it improperly granted the Defendant a new trial on the basis of exceptions that were not specified in its order nor legally recognizable by law or supported by fact.”

The following facts are relevant to this appeal. In his complaint filed on July 29, 1993, appellant, an elderly man, alleged conversion by appellee of monthly Social…