BENNETT v. HUBER INVESTMENT CORP., 17 Ohio St.3d 33 (1985)

476 N.E.2d 1045

BENNETT, APPELLEE, v. HUBER INVESTMENT CORPORATION, APPELLANT.

No. 85-80Supreme Court of Ohio.
Decided April 24, 1985.

Landlord and tenant — Amount “wrongfully withheld” from security deposit, defined — Failure of landlord to provide itemized list of allowable deductions — Remedies — R.C. 5321.16(B) — Attorney fees allowable, when — R.C. 5321.16(C).

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County.

Mirras Schneider Co., L.P.A., and Charles A. Schneider, for appellee.

Metz, Bailey Spicer and H. Glen Flagler, for appellant.

This cause on appeal from the court of appeals (case No. 84AP-268) is reversed on authority of Vardeman v. Llewellyn
(1985), 17 Ohio St.3d 24, decided this day.

CELEBREZZE, C.J., SWEENEY, HOLMES, C. BROWN and WRIGHT, JJ., concur.

LOCHER and DOUGLAS, JJ., dissent.

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