OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO. BY LEANDER J. CRITCHFIELD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. HARVARD LAW LIBRAR NEW SERIES-VOL. XXI. CINCINNATI: 1873. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand sig t hundred and seventy-two, by BANKS & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Copyright transferred to ROBERT CLARKE & Co. 1873. 11-18-1872 JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF OHIO, DURING THE TIME EMBRACED IN THIS VOLUME. DECEMBER TERM, 1871. (Previous to February 9, 1872.) HON. JOSIAH SCOTT, CHIEF JUSTICE. HON. JOHN WELCH, HON. WILLIAM WHITE, HON. LUTHER DAY, HON. GEO. W. McILVAINE, JUDGES. DECEMBER TERM, 1871. (After February 9, 1872.) On the 20th June, 1872, the court ordered that Rule IV be amended so as to read as follows: Rule IV. No civil cause reached for hearing on the general docket after December 1st, 1872, will be heard or considered unless the plaintiff or party holding the affirmative shall have caused to be filed with the clerk, for the use of the court and reporter, seven printed copies of so much of the record, testimony and documents therein, necessary to be considered by the court, with proper marginal references, (the cost of which printed copies shall be taxed as costs in the cause,) and shall also have filed with the clerk a like number of printed copies of a brief or argument therein, with marginal references to the headings and points made; and for want of such printed copies, unless good reason be shown to the contrary, the cause may be dismissed as for want of prosecution. And no brief or argument on behalf of the defendant or party holding the negative will be read or considered, unless it be printed, with like references, and a like number of copies be filed with the clerk. A copy of the printed record and briefs or arguments shall be furnished to oppo site counsel a reasonable time before the cause will be heard. NOTE. In view of preserving uniformity in the size of the volumes, as near as may be, the cases for report, decided and to be decided at the current term, and not published in this volume, are, by order of the court, reserved for publication in volume 22. COLUMBUS, OHIO, September, 1872. REPORTER |