STATE EX REL. NATL. LIME & STONE CO. v. MARION CTY. BD. OF COMMRS.

No. 2016-0505.

152 Ohio St.3d 393 (2017)

2017-Ohio-8348

THE STATE EX REL. NATIONAL LIME AND STONE COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. MARION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided October 31, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall & Melhorn, L.L.C., Thomas W. Palmer , and Meghan Anderson Roth ; and Bott Law Group, L.L.C., Brian P. Barger , and Mac Taylor , for appellant.

Brent W. Yager , Marion County Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Brady, Coyle & Schmidt, Ltd., and Margaret G. Beck , urging reversal for amici curiae, Ohio Concrete Association, Ohio Home Builders Association, Associated General Contractors of Ohio, Ohio Contractors Association, Ohio Aggregates and Industrial Minerals Association, and Flexible Pavements of Ohio.


{¶ 1} The primary issue in this case is whether a railroad that holds land within a territory proposed for annexation is an "owner" as defined in R.C. 709.02 such that it must consent to the annexation or whether its property interest falls within an exception in that definition for "railroad, utility, street, and highway...

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