Case Name: Johnson v. Davis
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1925-04-21
Citations: 208 Ky. 496
Docket Number: 
Parties: Johnson v. Davis.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 208
Pages: 496–497

Head Matter:
Johnson v. Davis.
(Decided April 21, 1925.)
Appeal from Bell Circuit Court.
Bills and Notes — Allegation in Suit on Note Held Not to State a Cause of Action. — Allegation, in suit on note, of execution and delivery of note, without averment of promise to pay, held not to state a cause of action.
JAMES GILBERT for appellant.
E. N. INGRAM for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion op the Court by
Judge McCandless
Granting appeal and reversing.
Plaintiff sued on an alleged promissory note for $375.00. The petition contained the usual declaration upon a promissory note, except it did not allege any promise upon the part of defendant to pay.
The court overruled a demurrer to the petition and gave judgment for the amount claimed. This was error; the allegation of the execution and delivery of the note without an averment of a promise to pay was a mere con elusion of law. It follows that no cause of action was stated. Huffaker v. National Bank of Monticello, 12 Bush 291; Davis v. Moxley, 19 Rep. 160; Bank of Anderson County v. Foster, 146 Ky. 179.
Wherefore, an appeal is granted, the judgment is reversed and cause remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.