State ex rel. Gill v. Volz

The accused, appellant herein, claims that since the statutory definition of a civil action is limited by Sections 11237 and 11238, General Code, to proceedings in a court-of justice involving process, pleadings, and a judgment or decree for redress or the enforcement of a legal right (Missionary Society of M. E. Church v. Ely, 56 Ohio St., 405, 407, 47 N. E., 537), a bastardy proceeding may not qualify as a civil action in which a verdict may be rendered upon the concurrence of only three-fourths or more of the-members of the jury. The accused bases this contention on a construction of a…