CLEVELAND ELEC. ILLUM. CO. v. ASTORHURST LAND CO.

No. 83-1968.

18 Ohio St. 3d 268 (1985)

CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO., APPELLANT AND CROSS-APPELLEE, v. ASTORHURST LAND COMPANY, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Eben G. Crawford and Gregory A. Cada, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Kelley, McCann & Livingstone, Stephen M. O'Bryan, Mark J. Valponi and Michael Ann Johnson, for appellee and cross-appellant.


HOLMES, J.

In presenting its case to this court, CEI argues that specific jury instructions are no longer required to be given by a trial court in that Civ. R. 51(A) has abolished such instructions, and that the law applicable to the case is to be set forth by the trial court in its general charge to the jury. Appellant essentially contends that in a land appropriation action involving a partial taking, a sufficient charge is one which generally informs the jury that...

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