Judy v. Trollinger

By the Court.

Plaintiff in error challenges the judgment of the Court of Appeals upon the ground, first, that the act of 1859 under which the sale of the Greene county property was made was invalid and unconstitutional, as being in conflict with Section 19, Article 1, and Section 28, Article 2, of the Ohio Constitution. These provisions of the Constitution, in so far as pertinent, read as follows:

Section 19, Article 1: “Private property shall ever be held inviolate, but subservient to the public welfare. * * *”

Section 28, Article 2: “The General Assembly shall have no power to pass retroactive…