State ex rel. Safeco Ins. Co. of America v. Kornowski

The essential question for resolution is whether the Bedford Municipal Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine damages and costs in the amount of $119,833.67 against a surety on a supersedeas bond.

Respondent’s claim of authority to proceed to determine damages in excess of the court’s $10,000 monetary jurisdictional limit under R. C. 1901.17 is founded upon the subject matter jurisdiction in forcible entry and detain-er actions afforded by R. C. 1901.18(H), the authority to fix bond under R. C. 1901.13(A), and R. C. 1901.13(D) which permits the court “to hear and determine all legal and…