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12 Ohio Law. Abs. 668

May v. Williams

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided January 18, 1932

Ohio Court of Appeals · decided 1932-01-18

Decided 1932-01-18

BY THE COURTALLREAD, PJ, HORNBECK and KUNKLE, JJ.

¶1Submitted on motion to certify our decision as being in conflict with Brooks v Lindsay, etc., 17 Oh Ap 225.

¶2We were probably in error in holding that the two-issue rule applies where there is no evidence to support an issue upon which the court charges. The syllabus in Brooks v Lindsay would indicate a conflict between that decision and ours in the instant case. However, the syllabus relates to the particular facts in the specific case in which it is written. In the Brooks case there was a succession of erroneous charges the effect of which was to require the court to reverse and remand. We do not feel that there is such direct conflict between our judgment and the Brooks case as to require certification.

¶3In the instant case, notwithstanding the charge of the court on undue influence, the record is convincing that the jury could not have based its verdict upon that claim in the petition.

¶4The motion for rehearing and to certify will be overruled.

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