Ohio Supreme Court, 1927

Madison Nat. Bank of London v. Weber

Madison Nat. Bank of London v. Weber
Ohio Supreme Court · Decided October 19, 1927 · Allen, Day, Jones, Kinkade, Marshall, Matthias, Robinson
5 Ohio Law. Abs. 686

Madison Nat. Bank of London v. Weber

Opinion of the Court

MARSHALL, CJ.

Where a guarantor in writing guarantees the payment of money and credit thereafter to be extended, which guaranty is a continuing guaranty and by its terms limits the credit to be extended to a fixed sum and the creditor extends credit in excess of the amount stated in the contract of guaranty, and the debtor becomes insolvent and in course of admistration of his estate by the court a dividend is paid upon the entire claim of the creditor, the dividend so paid should be applied pro rata upon the secured and unsecured portions thereof.

(Day, Allen, Kinkade, Robinson and Matthias, JJ., concur. Jones, J., not participating.)

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