COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77940
CARL GULLA                    :   ACCELERATED DOCKET
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                              :      JOURNAL ENTRY
     PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE       :
                              :           AND
v.                            :
                              :         OPINION
THENDESIGN ARCHITECTURE,      :
INC.                          :
                              :
     DEFENDANT-APPELLANT      :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                  SEPTEMBER 28, 2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:      Civil appeal from
                              Lyndhurst Municipal Court,
                              No. 99 CVF 00375.
JUDGMENT:                     DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellee:       Charles Gruenspan, Esq.
                              Charles Gruenspan, Co., L.P.A.
                              900 Commerce Park Square Three
                              23230 Chagrin Boulevard
                              Beachwood, OH 44122-5422
For Defendant-Appellant:      Timothy G. Teresczuk, Esq.
                              Ohio Savings Plaza
                              1801 East Ninth Street
                              Suite 900
                              Cleveland, OH 44114
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, J.:
     This appeal is dismissed pursuant to Civ.R. 54(B) for lack of
a  final  appealable   order.    Defendant-appellant   Thendesign
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Architecture, Inc.'s counterclaim for breach of contract is still
pending.
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     This appeal is dismissed.
     It is, therefore, ordered that appellee recover from appellant
his costs herein taxed.
     It is ordered that a special mandate be sent to the Lyndhurst
Municipal Court directing said court to carry this judgment  into
execution.
     A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the  mandate
pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.
                                      TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE
                                             JUDGE
DYKE, A.J. and
PATTON, J., CONCUR.
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
clerk  per App.R.  22(E).   See, also,  S.Ct.Prac.R. II,  Section
2(A)(1).
 
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