Kelstadt v. Reilly

The defendant in this action claims that the assignment, which is the foundation of the plaintiffs’ title to the fund in suit, did not transfer the title to the fund because it was made pursuant to the' insolvent laws of Ohio. Fortunately it is not necessary for us to discuss the question as to whether the laws of Ohio, under which this assignment was made, are insolvent laws or not. In the case of Meyer agt. Hellman (1 Otto, 496) the supreme' court of the United States referring to the statute of the state of Ohio used the following language: “ There is nothing in the act resembling an…