Dillard v. Alexander

This action was upon a promissory note, executed by the defendant to the plaintiff, in Fulton county, Kentucky, on the 25th of February, 1862, and pay*721able on the 1st day of January thereafter, with eight per cent, interest from date. The note, — being given for the contract price of property sold by the plaintiff to the defendant, and not upon a consideration of forbearance, or upon a loan, — was valid by the laws of Kentucky. 2 Stant. Rev., ch. 63, § 2; Tousy v. Robinson, 1 Metc., 663.

The only defense seriously insisted upon here is, that the contract was in violation of the Laws of War and…