C. E. Morris Co. v. Foley Construction Co.
- Court
- Ohio Supreme Court
- Decided
- May 24, 1978
- Docket
- No. 77-594
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
Cited 4,737 timesOverruled (verified)Overruled (verified) · State v. Reillo
What later courts said
- stating that judgments supported by some competent, credible evidence will not be reversed on appeal as being against the manifest weight of the evidence — Bowers v. Brown (2026)
- "A court may so classify an offender even if only one or two factors are present so long as the totality of the relevant circumstances show, by clear and convincing evidence, that the offender is likely to commit a sexually oriented offense in the future." — State v. Rosales, Unpublished Decision (5-7-2002) (2002)
- "A court may so classify an offender even if only one or two factors are present so long as the totality of the relevant circumstances show, by clear and convincing evidence, that the offender is likely to commit a sexually oriented offense in the future." — State v. Wallace, Unpublished Decision (11-21-2001) (2001)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
William B. Brown, J.
The main issue raised by the instant cause is whether the trial court’s ruling that the July delivery of steel was not the proximate cause of damages suffered by Foley was correctly determined by the Court of Appeals to be against the manifest weight of the evidence.[1]
Judgments supported by some competent, credible evidence going to all the essential elements of the case will not be reversed by a reviewing court as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. See Chicago Ornamental Iron Co. v. Rook (1915), 93 Ohio St. 152, 160; Portage Markets Co. v. George (1924), 111 Ohio St. 775 (paragraph [*281] one of the syllabus); and 3 Ohio Jurisprudence 2d 817, Appellate Review, Section 820, and the cases cited therein.
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C. E. Morris Co. v. Foley Construction Co., 54 Ohio St. 2d 279 (1978)Read the full opinion
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