Dills v. Hatcher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 85 — PETITION ORDINARY — CITED 13 Howard, 115, Mitchell v. Harmony. 3 Bush, 453, Terrill v. Rankin, &c. 3 Bush, 303, Lewis v. McGuire. 1 Bush, 39, Jones v. Commonwealth. 1 Bush, 69, Farmer v. Lewis, &c. Civil Code, sec. 670. 3 Bush, 346, Corbon & Bettis v. Stout.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The state of Kentucky having been claimed by the Confederate States as one of their number, and represented in their de facto government, the appellee could not be excused in this case for taking the appellant’s half-tanned leather from the vats of his tan-yard in Pike County, and carrying it into Virginia, for the use of the Confederate army when the process of tanning it should be there completed, on the ground that it was done in the exercise of belligerent rights in the enemy’s country. (Terrill v. Rankin, 2 Bush, 453; Lewis v. McGuire, 3…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Terrill v. RankinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
- Hogue v. PennCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1868
- Farmer v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1866
- Lewis v. McGuireCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867