Legal Opinion

Bacon v. Rudd

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 15, 1876Published

APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Pryor:

The execution of the memorandum dated in October, 1871, by which the obligor in the note agreed to pay 10 per cent, in consideration of forbearance, etc., created no such obligation on the part of the appellant as precluded her from instituting an action at any time upon the note and prosecuting it to judgment. She had agreed not to enforce the lien created by the mortgage upon certain property for a specified time, in order that the debtor, Dr. Rudd, might lease it, but the note was then due, and no demand or refusal was necessary to enable the appellant to coerce…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Crutcher v. TrabueCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1837
  2. Page v. HughesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1842
  3. Wood v. Gray's ExecutorsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1844

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