FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. v. INKS

Nos. 2013-0091 and 2013-0203.

138 Ohio St.3d 384 (2014)

2014-Ohio-789

FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A., Appellant, v. INKS ET AL., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kahn & Kruse Co., L.P.A., Scott H. Kahn , and Gregory J. Ochocki , for appellees.

Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P., Thomas D. Warren , Brett A. Wall , Patrick T. Lewis , and Dustin M. Dow , for appellant.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., John J. Kulewicz , and Jeffery E. Smith ; and Jeffrey D. Quayle , urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Bankers League.


O'DONNELL, J.

{¶ 1} We accepted a conflict certified to us by the Ninth District Court of Appeals on the following question: "Whether Section 1335.05 of the Ohio Revised Code prohibits a party from raising as a defense that the parties to a contract involving an interest in land orally agreed to modify the terms of their agreement." FirstMerit Bank v. Inks, 135 Ohio St.3d 1410, 2013...

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