Baker v. Scott

I

In its third proposition of law, appellant Holt submits that the refusal of the Court of Appeals to itself hear the testimony of the witnesses, or, in the alternative, to empower the referee, through the order of reference, to prepare and file a report containing findings of fact based upon due consideration of the demeanor of the witnesses, constituted a deprivation of respondents’ fundamental right of due process of law. This argument is without merit.

We have previously determined that the “due course of law” guarantee of Section 16, Article I of the Ohio Constitution, is fully applicable…