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12 Ind. 392

Holmes v. Ebersole

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-06-03

<p>APPEAL from the Huntington Court of Common Pleas.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1878

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Decided 1859-06-03

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Perkins, J.

¶1Suit upon promissory notes. Answer, that the notes were given for the consideration of spirituous liquors sold to defendant in 1856, which liquors.were not sold for sacramental, &c., purposes.

¶2Demurrer to the answer overruled. Judgment for the defendants.

¶3The judgment was clearly erroneous. The sale of the liquors was not illegal, and was a sufficient consideration for the notes.

Per Curiam.

¶4The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, with instructions that the demurrer be sustained.

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