Case Name: Wallenstein v. Selizman & Co.
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1870-08-17
Citations: 7 Bush 175
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wallenstein v. Selizman & Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 175–176

Head Matter:
Case 24 — PETITION ORDINARY
August 17.
Wallenstein v. Selizman & Co.
APPEAL PROM CLARK CIRCUIT COURT.
1. Equitable set-opp of the debt oe one partner op a non-resident PIRM AGAINST A DEBT DUE THE PIRM BY A RESIDENT OP KENTUCKY. — If the partner of the non-resident firm was individually indebted to a resident debtor of that firm, in a suit against such resident in Kentucky he could plead the debt of the partner to him as an equitable set-off; and as there was no remedy by original action in Kentucky, a court of equity had jurisdiction to decree the set-off, and as necessary thereto the incidental right to require the settlement of the partnership as sought in the answer.
2. In the state of Ohio a note operates as a bill of exchange, and punctual presentation, protest, and notice az-e required to fix the liability of ■ indorsers.
Breckenridge & Buckner,.....For Appellant,
CITED
4 Metcalfe, 175, Taylor & Son v. Chamberlain.
6 Bing. 119, Jeffries v. Evans. 7 Mon. 455, Tz'ibble v. Taul.
1 Metcalfe, 114, Graham v. Tilford, &c.
Charles Eginton, .....For Appellees,
CITED
Loughborough’s Statutes, 391, Act of January, 1837.
8 B. Mon. 169, Strader, &c. v. Batchelor. 4 Littell, 154.
14 B. Mon, 86, Hill v. Barrett. 6 J. J. Marsh. 655.

Opinion:
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court. ^
To an action on an account due by the appellant, a citizen of Clark County, Kentucky, to the appellees, as partners, in Cincinnati, he pleaded as an equitable set-off an equal amount alleged to be due him by one of the partners as indorser of a note given by the other partner. The answer alleged that as the amount sued for would be due, on a partnership settlement, to the indorsing partner, and that the note, though over due, liad never been paid; and therefore the appellant sought a transfer to equity, a settlement of the partnership account, and a final set-off. A demurrer to this answer was sustained, and judgment rendered for the amount of the account.
If the indorsing parties be liable for the amount of the note, as there was no remedy by original action in Kentucky, a court of equity had jurisdiction to decree the set-off, and as necessary thereto the incidental right to require the settlement sought. But the answer shows that by the law of Ohio the note operated as a bill of exchange, which requires punctual presentation, protest, and notice. None of these are alleged; consequently the answer, admitted to be true, does not show the indorser's liability.
Wherefore the judgment was right, and must be affirmed.