Cole v. Schoenberger

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 768

Syllabus

Bench Trial; Manifest Weight of the Evidence; Pro Se Appellant; App.R. 16(A)(3). The defendant-appellant's brief is deficient in that it fails to set forth a statement of the assignments of error presented for review as required by App.R. 16(A)(3). Additionally, many of the arguments contained in the defendant-appellant's brief are indecipherable and unsupported by any basis in the law. In the interest of resolving cases on the merits, we will construe the defendant-appellant's arguments as a requests that we reverse the trial court's decision as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. Based on our review of the record, we conclude that the trial court's decision to grant, in part, the plaintiff-appellee's complaint for declaratory relief is not against the manifest weight of the evidence. We further conclude that the trial court had competent, credible evidence before it on which to base its decision.