Columbia Finance & Trust Co. v. First National Bank
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 33 — Action by the Columbia Finance & Trust Company against the First National Bank. Appeal prom Jefferson circuit court. Judgment Sob Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. We submit that the rule in this case, which, is decisive of the whole controversy, is a very simple one.
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Case 33 — Action by the Columbia Finance & Trust Company against the First National Bank. Appeal prom Jefferson circuit court. Judgment Sob Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. We submit that the rule in this case, which, is decisive of the whole controversy, is a very simple one. To adopt an analogy from mathematics, we may put it in this form: Where one quantity, A, is greater, than another quantity, B, which in turn is greater than1 a third quantity, C, the fir^t quantity, A, must be greater than the smallest quantity, C. The claim oh appellant, hy' reason of the assignments to it of the.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion or the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
Reversing.
Henry L’. Stone and Watson A. Suddutb, two members of tbe Louisville bar, formed a partnership in the year 1889 for the practice of their profession under the firm name *370of Stone & Sudduth. The partnership continued for about ten years. The firm was employed by the Richmond & Irvine Construction Company in the case of the Central Trust Company against the Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad Company, in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky. While the suit was undetermined, on November 1, 1895, Sudduth…
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