Barclay v. Breckinridge
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 42 — PETITION EQÜITY cited A Blackstone, 230, note 1 ,sub-div. 4; 1 Stanton’s Digest, 391; 3 'Gray, 461; Chitty on Contracts, 674; lb., 659; 14 Penn., (2 Harris,) 18; 3 Drane, 184; 8 Black/., 148; 1 Camp., 45; 2 Met., (Mass.,) 53; Story on Contracts, sec. 569. cited 58 Eng. C. L. Rep., 371; Smith on Contracts, side page 143 and note; 1 Jones Pa., 81; 9 B. Mon., 93.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGB BULLITT
delivered the opinion oe the court:
McLaughlin, a clerk of Tilford & Barclay, private bankers, converted to his own use $1,500 of their money, which he charged upon their books to Marshall, a depositor. Afterward, to avoid detection by his employers, he stated the facts and ,his motive to Marshall, and solicited a loan of that amount of money, stating that his employers would overhaul their books in a few days, and that, if he could not effect the loan, he would be detected and ruined. Marshall refusing to lend the money, McLaughlin finally suggested that he could probably get the…
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