Hahn v. Pindell
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 58 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— 1 Hilliard, 383; 4 Kent, 146. Act of 1820, 2 Stanton, p. 230. 3 Marshall, 489; 2 Dana, 345. 5 Ves., 681, 678 ; 13 Ves,, 601; 10 Ves., 423. 6 Ves., 629; 8 Ves., 348; 3 Ves., 740. 3 Mer., 200.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
The charter of the “ Falls City Bank,” in Louisville, afterwards changed to the “ Falls City Tobacco Bank,” *190contains the following provision: “ The bank may deal in the loaning of money, exchange, promissory notes, and other evidences of debt; take personal and other securities for the payment thereof, and dispose of the latter as may be agreed upon, in all respects as natural persons may do under the common law.”
The inevitable effect of the literal import of that legislative enactment is to restore the common law right, without the…
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- Wilson v. Aultman & Taylor Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1891