Legal Opinion

Covert v. Rhodes

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided January 13, 1891Published

Error to the Circuit Court of Cuyahoga county. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

The original action was brought in the ■ Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga county, by John A. Covert, against J. H. Rhodes as assignee for the benefit of creditors of Crumb & Baslington. The substantial averments of the petition are, that Crumb & Baslington, a banking firm in the city of Cleveland, on the 22d day of June, 1887, drew their draft on The Importers & Traders National Bank of New York city, for the sum of one thousand dollars, payable to the order of the plaintiff. The amount then due *70the firm from the drawee, exceeded that for which the draft was drawn. Through successive…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Mandeville v. WelchSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
  2. Bank of the Republic v. MillardSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  3. Laclede Bank v. SchulerSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Kingman v. PerkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  5. Grammel v. CarmerMichigan Supreme Court · 1884

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