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127 Ohio St. 554

190 N.E 200

Busher v. MacEk

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 1933

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1933-12-13

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 1967

2 state decisions

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Decided 1933-12-13

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¶1 It is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Court of Appeals be, and the same is hereby, affirmed on authority of Cleveland Ry. Co. v. Halliday, Admr., ante, 278.

¶2 Judgment affirmed.

Allen, Stephenson, Jones, Matthias and Zimmerman, JJ., concur. Weygandt, C. J., and Bevis, J., dissent.
Bevis, J.,

¶3 dissenting. I dissent from the holding of the majority for the reason, first, that I do not think this case is controlled by the reasoning in the case of Cleveland Ry. Co. v. Halliday, Admr., ante, 278. There seems to be a valid distinction between a requirement that some affirmative action be taken to secure the jury, trial vouchsafed by law, and a requirement that partial payment of costs be made at the beginning of the case rather than at the end of it.

¶4 In my opinion, secondly, a partial payment of the costs, not unreasonable in amount, may properly be required by rule of court to be made in advance. If the costs be ultimately adjudged against the plaintiff, *555 he has credit to the amount of his deposit. If the costs he adjudged against his opponent, he is entitled to receive his deposit back. The ultimate obligation to pay costs is made no greater by the rule. Any inconvenience to plaintiffs is no greater than that to defendants frequently.occasioned by the irresponsible filing of groundless suits.

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