CLEVELAND TRUST CO. v. WILLIS

No. 84-1766.

20 Ohio St. 3d 66 (1985)

CLEVELAND TRUST COMPANY, N.K.A. AMERITRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR, APPELLEE, v. WILLIS, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 27, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brouse & McDowell, Frank E. Quirk, Robert E. Kerper, Jr., and Clair E. Dickinson, for appellee Cleveland Trust Company.

Topper, Alloway, Goodman, DeLeone & Duffey, John J. Duffey, Hershey & Browne and John L. Wolfe, for appellant Charles F. Willis, Jr.

Hahn, Loeser, Freedheim, Dean & Wellman, David C. Weiner and Alan S. Kopit, for Elizabeth Willis.


Per Curiam.

The issue raised by this appeal is whether the trial court correctly ruled that the signatory status of the parties was conclusively established by Cleveland Trust's requests for admissions. We hold that the trial court was correct in that ruling.

Civ. R. 36 requires that when requests for admissions are filed by a party, the opposing party must timely respond either by objection or answer. Failure to respond at all to the requests will...

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