Wallace v. Leiter

Citations

• 76 Ohio St. (N.S.) 185

Syllabus

<p>Uniform operation of laws — Section 26, Article 2 of Constitution — , Applies to laws affecting jurisdiction of circuit court■ — Act of April 13, 1900 (94 O. L., 137), invalid — Constitutional law.</p> <p>1. A law which affects the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the state is necessarily a law of a general nature, and, by force of of Section 26 of Article 2 of the constitution, must have a uniform operation throughout the state.</p> <p>2. That clause of the act of April 13, 1900 (94 Ohio Laws, 137), which provides that litigants shall have the right of appeal from the probate court of certain counties to the circuit court in partition and other proceedings violates Section 26 of Article 2 of the constitution, and is invalid.</p>