Former Provisions of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1851 Former Art. IV, § 6

The state shall be divided into appellate districts of compact territory bounded by county lines, in each of which there shall be a court of appeals consisting of three judges.  Laws may be passed increasing the number of judges in any district wherein the volume of business may require such additional judge or judges.  In districts having additional judges, three judges shall participate in the hearing and disposition of each case.  Vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of office of the judges of the courts of appeals shall be filled by the electors of the respective appellate districts in which such vacancies shall arise.  Until otherwise provided by law the term of office of such judges shall be six years.  Laws may be passed to prescribe the time and mode of such election and the qualifications of such judges, and to alter the number of districts or the boundaries thereof, but no such change shall abridge the term of any judge then in office.  The court of appeals shall hold at least one term annually in each county in the district and such other terms at a county seat in the district as judges may determine upon, and the county commissioners of any county in which the court of appeals shall hold sessions shall make proper and convenient provisions for the holding of such court by its judges and officers.  Each judge shall be competent to exercise judicial powers in any appellate district of the state.

The courts of appeals shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus, prohibition and procedendo, and such jurisdiction as may be provided by law to review, affirm, modify, set aside, or reverse judgments or final orders of boards, commissions, officers, or tribunals, and of courts of record inferior to the court of appeals within the district, and judgments of the court of appeals shall be final in all cases, except cases involving questions arising under the constitution of the United States or of this state, cases of felony, cases of which it has original jurisdiction, and cases of public or great general interest in which the supreme court may direct any court of appeals to certify its record to that court.  No judgment of any court of record entered on the verdict of the jury shall be set aside or reversed on the weight of the evidence except by the concurrence of all three judges of a court of appeals.  Only a majority of such court of appeals shall be necessary to pronounce a decision, make an order or enter judgment, upon all other questions;  and whenever the judges of a court of appeals find that a judgment upon which they have agreed is in conflict with a judgment pronounced upon the same question by any other court of appeals of the state, the judges shall certify the record of the case to the supreme court for review and final determination.  The decisions in all cases in the Supreme Court shall be reported, together with the reasons therefor, and laws may be passed providing for the reporting of cases in the courts of appeals.  The chief justice of the supreme court of the state may assign any judge of the court of appeals to any county to hold court.  The chief justice of the supreme court shall determine the disability or disqualification of any judge of the court of appeals.