Szymanski v. City of Toledo

In reaching the above decision to. affirm the judgment it is well to recognize and mention the following legal principles. Since appeals and the right of appeal are favored by the law and since Section 1.11, Revised Code, enjoins a liberal construction of the Appellate Procedure Act, Chapter 2505, Revised Code, “to promote their [its] object and assist the parties in obtaining justice,” the courts generally have gone far in brushing aside technicalities and in preserving to litigants the right to appeal whenever it can be fairly done. This liberal construction requires the right to amend a…