COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 75189
BARBARA KOVACH                  :
                                :          JOURNAL ENTRY
          Plaintiff-Appellant   :
                                :               and
     -vs-                       :
                                :             OPINION
DONALD CALLAHAN                 :
                                :
          Defendant-Appellee    :
                                :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT                   DECEMBER 23, 1999
OF DECISION:
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:        Civil appeal from
                                Garfield Heights Municipal Court
                                Case No. 97-CVF-1461
JUDGMENT:                       DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCE:
For Plaintiff-Appellant:        MARTIN T. POWERS, ESQ.
                                Melling, Melling & Bell
                                31 Columbus Road
                                P. O. Box 46311
                                Bedford, Ohio 44146
For Defendant-Appellee:         WALTER H. KROHNGOLD, ESQ.
                                Keller & Curtin Company
                                330 Hanna Building
                                1422 Euclid Avenue
                                Cleveland, Ohio 44115
PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON, J.:
                               -2-
     Appellant Barbara Kovach appeals a decision by the trial court
in favor of appellee Donald Callahan in her retaliatory  eviction
action.
     This appeal  is dismissed, sua sponte,  for lack of a  final
appealable order.   The trial  court's final  judgment entry  was
journalized but was not file stamped by the trial court clerk.  See
State v. Domers (1991), 61 Ohio St.3d 592, rehearing denied (1991),
62 Ohio St.3d 1425.  See, also, City of Cleveland Heights v. Jones
(Jan. 26, 1995), Cuyahoga App. No. 65990, unreported; Steingel v.
Waiwood (Jan. 12, 1995), Cuyahoga App. No. 66813, unreported.
     Accordingly, this  appeal is dismissed  for lack of  subject
matter jurisdiction.
     It is ordered  that appellee recover of appellant his  costs
herein taxed.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, P.J., and
ANN KILBANE, J., CONCUR.
                                       PATRICIA ANN BLACKMON
                                               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
.