COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO. 74844
CLEVELAND ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING :
COMPANY                         :
          Plaintiff-Appellee    :
                                :       JOURNAL ENTRY
          -vs-                  :             AND
                                :           OPINION
MICHEL ABBOUD, ET AL.           :
                                :
          Defendants-Appellants :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
 OF DECISION:                       AUGUST 30, 1999
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:            CIVIL APPEAL FROM THE
                                    CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT
                                    CASE NO. 97 CVF 0012398
JUDGMENT:                           APPEAL DISMISSED
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellee:             MITCHELL I. COHEN (#0063046)
                                    Lakeside Place, Suite 200
                                    323 Lakeside Avenue, West
                                    Cleveland, Ohio 44113
For Defendants-Appellants:          BRUCE P. BOGART (#0023377)
                                    27600 Chagrin Blvd. #400
                                    Cleveland, Ohio 44122
SPELLACY, J.:
     Appeal dismissed.  Appellant has failed to file a brief which
conforms to the requirements of App.R. 12(A)(2) and App.R. 16(A).
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     It is ordered  that appellee recover of appellant its  costs
herein taxed.
     It is ordered that a special mandate issue out of this court
directing the Cleveland Municipal Court to carry this judgment into
execution.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
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pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
JAMES M. PORTER, ADM. J. and
TIMOTHY E. MCMONAGLE, J. CONCUR.
                                          LEO M. SPELLACY
                                               JUDGE
N.B. This entry is an announcement of the court's decision.   See
App.R. 22(B), 22(D) and 26(A); Loc.App.R. 22.  This decision will
be journalized and will become the judgment and order of the court
pursuant to App.R. 22(E)unless a motion for reconsideration  with
supporting brief, per App.R.26(A), is filed within ten (10) days of
the announcement  of the court's decision.   The time period  for
review by the Supreme Court of  Ohio shall begin to run upon  the
journalization of  this court's announcement  of decision by  the
.