State Ex Rel. City Loan & Savings Co. v. Zellner

This case presents the question of the right of a clerk of courts to refuse to accept for filing a bill of sale for a motor vehicle where such instrument is not accompanied by the prepaid tax receipts required by statute.

This right is claimed by the clerk of courts under the provisions of Section 6310-10, General Code, 116 Ohio Laws, 59 (now Section 6290-5), the pertinent portion of which read as follows:

“Each corporation * * * or person from whom title has in any manner been passed to a motor vehicle shall present to the clerk of courts of the county in which the sale, transfer, conveyance,…