Central Ohio Emulsion Corp. v. William Whitman Co.

OPINION

By WISEMAN, PJ.

This is an appeal on questions of law from the judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County quashing the service of summons and dismissing the action.

The principal issue in the case involves the validity of a service of summons on the statutory agent of one of the defendants, The National Refining Company, an Ohio corporation. The principal office of the corporation is in Cuyahoga County, where the statutory agent resides. The corporation conducts no business in Franklin County; it has no office or agent in Franklin County, and none of the chief officers reside…