Apex Builders Supply Co. v. Umina

This case was originally tried before an Acting Judge appointed by the then duly elected Judge of the Municipal Court of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Said acting judge died before rendering a decision. Request was made upon the regular judge at that time to render a decision in the case based upon a transcript of record prepared by a “court reporter” present during the entire proceedings; that judge died, also, before acting upon such request and the same request is now renewed by motion of plaintiff to have the present sucessor judge render a decision in the case based upon testimony contained in…