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Zelles v. Matowitz

Supreme Court of Ohio
Apr 15, 1942
41 N.E.2d 708 (Ohio 1942)

Opinion

No. 29086

Decided April 15, 1942.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Gambling — Summary seizure of pinball machine by municipal police — Section 2980, Municipal Code of Cleveland — No evidence that machine actually used for gambling — Sections 1, 14 and 19, Article I, Constitution — Article XIV, Amendments, U.S. Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county.

Mr. Martin A. McCormack and Mr. Maxwell J. Gruber, for appellant.

Mr. Thomas A. Burke, Jr., director of law, Mr. Joseph F. Smith and Mr. John J. Lasko, for appellees.


It is ordered and adjudged that this appeal as of right be, and the same is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., TURNER, WILLIAMS, MATTHIAS, HART AND ZIMMERMAN, JJ., concur.

BETTMAN, J., not participating.


Summaries of

Zelles v. Matowitz

Supreme Court of Ohio
Apr 15, 1942
41 N.E.2d 708 (Ohio 1942)
Case details for

Zelles v. Matowitz

Case Details

Full title:ZELLES ET AL., A PARTNERSHIP, D. B. A. AMUSEMENT SERVICE CO., APPELLANT…

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Apr 15, 1942

Citations

41 N.E.2d 708 (Ohio 1942)
41 N.E.2d 708

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