Ohio Const. art. XIII, § 5. Corporate power of eminent domain to obtain rights of way; procedure; jury trial

No right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation, until full compensation therefor be first made in money or first secured by a deposit of money, to the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation; which compensation shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve men, in a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law. Effective: September 1, 1851