Legal Opinion

Chambers v. Winn

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided June 2, 1802Published

Upon a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Lexington District Gourt.

1Opinion of the Court

This suit,.is founded on an obligation for the payment, on demand, of one hundred and twenty, dollars in property. And the first error assigned is, the declaration does not state that the property was demanded at the defendant’s usual place of residence. It is an established doctrine (unless otherwise specially stipulated) *167that whenever payment is to be made in money, it ought to be made or tendered by the debtor to the creditor or his agent, if they can be found in the realm or country where the debt was contracted. One reason for which, among others, must be that money is easily carried…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Rosencrans v. Territory of WashingtonWashington Supreme Court · 1890

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