Payne v. Bowlin

Citations

• 6 W. Va. 273

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>A special plea to an action on a bond, averring that the makers and payee were all officers in the service of the Confederate States at the time of its execution, and that the consideration of said bond was Confederate Treasury Notes, and that, the same, at the date of said bond, were of no value” and utterly worthless outside of the military lines of the said Confederacy.</p> <p>Held to bo insufficient.</p> <p>A special plea to an action on a bond, averring that the same was made and payable in the city of Richmond, the Capital of the Confederate States, in the currency of said States, and that the makers of said bond were in said city at the time of its maturity, prepared, ready and willing to make payment, and further averring in substance, that the bond was not presented then for payment.</p> <p>Held to be insufficient.</p>