Case Name: Smith v. Purdy
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1789-08
Citations: 1 Root 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith v. Purdy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 129–129

Head Matter:
Smith v. Purdy.
Interest not recoverable in an action of book-debt, by an agreement made more tlian tliree years before action was brought.
Action of debt on book for supporting a pauper, etc. upon a special undertaking by tlie defendant, as one of tlie overseers of the poor, for tlie space of five years and eight months, and the interest. Issue to the court.

Opinion:
Judgment —• That the defendant does owe the plaintiff, etc. and that he recovered the principal of the debt. But the interest resting upon a parol agreement of more than three years' standing is barred by the Statute against Frauds and Perjuries.