Lloyd v. Matthews
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. Hattie A. Matthews held the demand note of E. L. Harper for §5000, on which the interest had been paid to January 1, 1882. June 21, 1887, Harper was the owner of some shares of stock in the Fidelity Building, Savings and Loan Company of Newport, Kentucky, worth about §5000, which he, being insolvent, transferred on the morning of that «day to Miss Matthews in part payment of the debt, by blank indorsement in the…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. Hattie A. Matthews held the demand note of E. L. Harper for §5000, on which the interest had been paid to January 1, 1882. June 21, 1887, Harper was the owner of some shares of stock in the Fidelity Building, Savings and Loan Company of Newport, Kentucky, worth about §5000, which he, being insolvent, transferred on the morning of that «day to Miss Matthews in part payment of the debt, by blank indorsement in the building company’s book. Afterward the name of J. H. Otten was inserted as a proper person to obtain the money, and for this…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Ciiiee Justice Fuller,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The Federal question' upon which plaintiff relies to sustain our jurisdiction is that under the statutory law of Ohio, set out in his pleading, the transfer of the stock in question was void, and that the Court of Appeals of Kentucky in rendering judgment did not give that full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of the state of Ohio which the Constitution and the law of the United States require. Const. Art IY, § 1; Rév. Stat. § 905.
The first error assigned is as follows: “…
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