Florida Woman Sues to Collect on 147-Year-Old Promissory Note - With Interest
Monday, March 17, 2008FoxNews
The great-granddaughter of a Civil War-era storekeeper in Tampa, Fla. is suing the city for a 147-year-old unpaid promissory note. With interest, the note is now worth over $22 million.
Yeah, OK. And the City of Tampa should pay in full. In Confederate dollars.
I mean, if you're going to insist on the note being valid, it should be paid in what it was denominated in, right? Florida seceded on January 10, 1861, and the note was dated June 21, 1861. So how could it be denominated in U.S. dollars?
Besides that -- the South lost. I'm willing to bet the Florida legislature some time between 1865 and 1876 probably passed a law repudiating its war debt. Tough noogies.
If I were the judge, this case would be dismissed with prejudice, plaintiff's attorney fined for bringing a frivolous lawsuit, and the promissory note itself confiscated and turned over to the state historical society.
