Beebe v. Scheidt
Ohio Supreme Court
ERROR to the court of common pleas of Lorain county. Reserved in the district court. The original action was brought by Beebe against Soheidt and others, before a justice of the peace, and was in the na ture of an action of trespass. Upon appeal to the court of common pleas, the plaintiff filed a petition charging the defendants with unlawfully trespassing upon his land.
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ERROR to the court of common pleas of Lorain county. Reserved in the district court. The original action was brought by Beebe against Soheidt and others, before a justice of the peace, and was in the na ture of an action of trespass. Upon appeal to the court of common pleas, the plaintiff filed a petition charging the defendants with unlawfully trespassing upon his land. The defendants justified the alleged trespass, and claimed that Scheidt, one of the defendants, was supervisor in the road district in which the plaintiff’s land was situated, and that he had received an order from the county…
1Opinion of the CourtSutliff, C.J.
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