CHEF ITALIANO CORP. v. KENT STATE UNIV.

No. 88-53.

44 Ohio St. 3d 86 (1989)

CHEF ITALIANO CORPORATION, APPELLANT, v. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark H. Heisa, for appellant.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general; Climaco, Climaco, Seminatore, Lefkowitz & Garofoli Co., L.P.A., Dennis R. Wilcox and Irene A. Holyk, for appellee Kent State University.

Williams, Zumkehr & Welser and Howard T. Welser, for appellees Chris S. Testa, Costco, Inc. and Colgate Enterprises.

Harry A. Tipping Co., L.P.A., and Thomas J. Freeman, for appellees David Hall and Currie-Hall Investment Company.


DOUGLAS, J.

The issue the parties present is whether a corporate officer not authorized to practice law has the authority to file a notice of appeal on behalf of the corporation.

While this presents an issue of first impression in this state which this court at some point should decide, we decline to do so in this case because we lack jurisdiction to hear this appeal on that issue.

The question of our jurisdiction to hear this appeal was not raised...

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