Case Name: John J. Hayden et al v. Joseph E. Temple and Barker
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1869-06-25
Citations: 3 Ky. Op. 473
Docket Number: 
Parties: John J. Hayden et al v. Joseph E. Temple and Barker.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 3
Pages: 473–473

Head Matter:
John J. Hayden et al v. Joseph E. Temple and Barker.
Partnership — Partnership and Individual Debts — Application of Payment.
A creditor who holds notes against a party individually, and against a firm of which he is a member, may appropriate a remitance, in the absence of directions, to apply to the firm account, to the payment of the individual indebtedness.
APPEAL FROM MONTGOMERY CIRCUIT COURT.
June 25, 1869.
Haz. & Winn, for appellants.
Hazlerigg & Winn, for appellants.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Robertson:
As a party to - the issue and liable for costs Hayden was an incompetent witness, and the circuit court did not err in so deciding.
Without his testimony there is no difficulty in the case, as he owed on his individual acount more than the amount of the check transmitted to the appellees without direction to appropriate it to the partnership note, they had a legal right to apply the amount to his individual notes, as they did. And that right was fortified by the note enclosing the check. The check purported to be his individually, and the note was also in his individual name without any illusion to the partnership, or its money or debt.
The judgment is apparently right and is therefore affirmed.