First Central Trust Co. v. H. I. Gelvin, Inc.

Mr. Presiding Justice Niehaus

delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought by the appellant, the First Central Trust Company, of Akron, Ohio, in the circuit court of Champaign county, against the appellee, H. I. Gelvin, Inc., of Columbus, Ohio, which is also a foreign corporation, to recover rent claimed to be due by the appellee under the terms of a lease made in Akron, Ohio, as rent for buildings in Akron, Ohio. The summons in the case was served on H. I. Gelvin, who is a resident of Champaign county, as president of the corporation sued. The corporation thereafter appeared in…