Thompson v. Chagrin Falls Electric Co.

Citations

• 33 Ohio C.C. Dec. 347
• 21 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 291
• 1906 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 332

Syllabus

<p>MORTGAGES — RECORD</p> <p>1. Recorded with County Recorder Valid.</p> <p>Mortgages of real and personal property of telegraph, telephone or other like companies are valid when filed with the county recorder in counties in which the property intended to be covered thereby is situate, according to the provisions of Sec. 3256. R. S. (Sec. 8683 G. C. et seq.) and a mortgage so recorded operates as a valid lien upon the property of the company from the date the law became effective, notwithstanding the fact that the recording was at an earlier date.</p> <p>2. Provision for Recording Certain Class of Mortgages Constitutional.</p> <p>Section 3256a R. S. (Sec. 8706 G. C.), providing for the recording of mortgages of the real and personal property of telegraph, telephone and other like companies with the county recorder, is not class legislation and is constitutional.</p>