Haughton v. . Merony
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action tried before his Honor, Henry, J., at the Pali Term, 1870, of Rowan- Superior Court, when the plaintiff obtained a verdict andjudgment and the defendant appealed. The pleadings and facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtRodman-, J.
This is an action brought on a bond made by defendant, dated 30th March, 1864, by which in consideration of $6,200, in Confederate money paid to him by the plaintiff, he promises to pay to the plaintiff, on demand, the like sum in four per cent. Confederate bonds or certificates by the 1st of October, 1864, or in Confederate currency tobe issued after 1st of April, 1864.
The defendant answered denying the execution of the covenant declared on, and alleging that the covenant was illegal and void.
The jury found that he did make the covenant and assessed the plaintiff’s damages at $251 08, being…
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