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P. ELECTRIC CO. v. BOWERS.

Nos. 34346, 34347, 34348, 34349 and 34350.

164 Ohio St. 209 (1955)

THE PEERLESS ELECTRIC CO., APPELLANT, v. BOWERS, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE. THE TAYLOR-WINFIELD CORP., APPELLANT, v. BOWERS, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE. VAN HUFFEL TUBE CORP., APPELLANT, v. BOWERS, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE. THE WEAN ENGINEERING CO., INC., APPELLANT, v. BOWERS, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE. WEAN EQUIPMENT CORP., APPELLANT, v. BOWERS, TAX COMMR., APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 19, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Hoppe, Day & Ford, for appellants.

Mr. C. William O'Neill, attorney general, and Mr. W. E. Herron, for appellee.

Per Curiam.

The Board of Tax Appeals was correct in affirming the orders of the Tax Commissioner on authority of the Fifth Third Union Trust Co. case, supra. The equal protection clause of the federal Constitution does not assure uniformity of judicial decisions. The general rule is that a decision of a court of supreme jurisdiction overruling a former decision is retrospective in its operation, and the effect is not that the former was bad law, but...

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