TONTI v. PETROPOULOUS

Nos. 79-3555, 79-3634.

656 F.2d 212 (1981)

A. Patrick TONTI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James C. PETROPOULOUS and Richard B. Metcalf, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Patrick Tonti, pro se.

Paul A. Weick, Weick & Gibson Co., L.P.A., Warren W. Gibson, James Bickett, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, J. Vincent Aug, Nieman, Aug, Elder & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. J. Chester, Paul G. Lukeman, Columbus, Ohio, for Metcalf.

David Cupps, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, John Elam, Columbus, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This action, filed by appellant A. Patrick Tonti pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, grows out of proceedings in the Probate Court of Franklin County, Ohio, in the administration of the estate of Alfred E. Tonti, appellant's father, who died in January 1972.

Before reaching the issues on the present appeal, we find it necessary to set forth the proceedings in the State courts in some detail.

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