Hower Corp. v. Vance

The judgment of the Court of Appeals is correct in my view and by reversing that judgment the majority has overturned a fundamental principle of law which has been firmly established in this state for more than a hundred years.

This court by a uniform line of decisions has held that a court of record speaks only through its journal. A few of the more recent cases wherein that principle is reiterated are: State, ex rel. Voight, v. Lueders, Judge, 101 Ohio St., 256, 128 N. E., 72;. Fairchild v. Lake Shore Electric Ry. Co,, 101 Ohio St., 261, 128 N. E., 168; Industrial Commission v. Musselli, 102…