Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 2321 — New Trial

Title 23 Courts-Common Pleas

Chapter 2321 New Trial

§ 2321.01 Appellate review without motion for new trial

A motion for a new trial is not necessary as a prerequisite to obtain appellate review of the sufficiency or weight of the evidence submitted to the trial court where such evidence to be considered appears as a part of the record filed in the appellate court.

This section applies to any action or proceeding pending in the courts on October 27, 1949.

§ 2321.04 Stating objection

The objection made in the trial court with the ruling thereon must be stated, with the facts, or so much of the evidence as is necessary to explain it, and no more, and the whole as briefly as possible.

§ 2321.18 New trial or reversal granted only once

The same trial court shall not grant more than one new trial on the weight of the evidence against the same party in the same case, nor shall the same court grant more than one judgment of reversal on the weight of the evidence against the same party in the same case.

§ 2321.21 Application may be made after term

When, with reasonable diligence, the grounds for a new trial could not be discovered before but are discovered after the term at which the journal entry of a final order, judgment, or decree has been approved by the trial court in writing and filed with the clerk of the court for journalization, the application for a new trial may be by petition, filed not later than the second term after the discovery, nor more than one year after the final order, judgment, or decree was rendered, on which a summons must issue, be returnable, and be served, or publication made, as in other cases.

§ 2321.22 Facts in petition considered and case heard and decided

The facts stated in the petition mentioned in section 2321.21 of the Revised Code, shall be considered as denied, without answer. If the service is complete in vacation, the case shall be heard and summarily decided at the ensuing term, and when completed in term, within twenty days after service. The case shall be placed on the trial docket, and the witnesses examined in open court, or their depositions taken as in other cases.