COMERFORD v. J. & L. STEEL CORP.

No. 35835.

170 Ohio St. 117 (1959)

COMERFORD, APPELLEE, v. THE JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP.; THE LEONARD H. KRILL CO., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided December 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Endress & Endress, for appellee.

Messrs. McConnell, Blackmore, Cory & Burke, Mr. Frank Seth Hurd and Mr. R. William Rosenfeld, for appellant.


PECK, J.

This entire action is based on the so-called "frequenter statutes" of Ohio. If they are not applicable here, the verdict and judgment cannot stand, as no other basis for liability on the part of Krill is urged by the plaintiff or was relied on by the courts below. These statutes (now Sections 4101.01, 4101.11 and 4101.12, Revised Code) were enacted pursuant to Section 34, Article II of the Constitution of Ohio, which provides:

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