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33 Ohio App. 3d 77

514 N.E.2d 949

Rowland v. Finkel

Ohio Court of Appeals

Decided February 18, 1987

Ohio Court of Appeals · decided 1987-02-18

Relies on State ex rel. Gyurcsik v. Angelotta

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Decided 1987-02-18

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Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently April 2022 · most notably 51 Ohio App. 3d 130 - BancOhio National Bank v. Schiesswohl (1988), Buckingham v. Ryan (1997)

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George, J.,

¶1 concurring. This case is unusual because the judgment not only cancelled the land installment contract and gave appellee possession of the property, but also awarded him a money judgment for the amount of the note securing the land installment contract. This is double recovery.

¶2 I agree with the result reached by the majority. However, I do not agree that Civ. R. 60(B)(4) is the proper avenue for relief from judgment here. Civ. R. 60(B)(4) permits a court to relieve a party from a final judgment where “the judgment has been satis *80 fied, released or discharged ….” The judgment here, as rendered, has not been “satisfied, released or discharged.” The total money award of $212,782.49, plus interest, is still outstanding.

¶3 Rather, I believe Civ. R. 60(B)(5), permitting relief for “any other reason justifying relief from the judgment,” is applicable to the facts of this case. The Staff Note to the fifth ground of Civ. R. 60(B) characterizes this prong of the rule as reflecting the inherent power of a court to relieve a person from the unjust operation of a judgment. State, ex rel. Gyurcsik, v. Angelotta (1977), 50 Ohio St. 2d 345, 346, 4 O.O. 3d 482, 483, 364 N.E. 2d 284, 285. Certainly, a judgment that grants double recovery is unjust, entitling defendant to seek relief under Civ. R. 60(B)(5).

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