Trade Discount Co. v. J. R. Cox & Co.

OPINION op the Court by

Judge Miller

Dismissing appeal.

On May 28th, 1908, the appellees, J. E. Cox & Co., accepted a hill of exchange drawn upon them for $280.53 by the Mntnal Manufacturing Co., of Canton, Ohio. On June 17th, 1908, the Mntnal Manufacturing Co. assigned said bill to the appellant, The Trade Discount Co., and it, as assignee and owner and holder of said hill, sued the appellee to recover the $280.53. Appellees answered that the acceptance had been obtained from them hy the Mntnal Manufacturing Co. hy fraud and misrepresentation, and that the appellant had acquired the hill with…