Case Name: Holmes and Another v. Ebersole and Another
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1859-06-03
Citations: 12 Ind. 392
Docket Number: 
Parties: Holmes and Another v. Ebersole and Another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 392–392

Head Matter:
Holmes and Another v. Ebersole and Another.
Friday, June 3.
APPEAL from the Huntington Court of Common Pleas.
H C. Newcomb, J. S. Tarkington, and I. He Long, for the appellants.

Opinion:
Perkins, J.
Suit 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.
Demurrer to the answer overruled. Judgment for the defendants.
The judgment was clearly erroneous. The sale of the liquors was not illegal, and was a sufficient consideration for the notes.
Per Curiam.
The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, with instructions that the demurrer be sustained.