A Great Defense

I have been spending some time the last few days pulling out previous research and publications that I had set aside because I had more important things to be done. What a crock!

This makes me laugh! John Mills Bateman was my paternal g-g-grandfather. I love, love, love to find tidbits of life from long ago.

This is from "Down Where the Sugar Cane Grows" The Reminiscences of James P. Kemper

John Bateman and Ben Hudson, his good friends, entered into a contract to swap plan­tations. Later, Hudson concluded he had gotten the worst of the deal and refused to go through with the sale. Bateman sued him for fulfillment of contract. As his defense, Hudson took the stand and swore he was drunk when he signed the contract. On rebuttal, Bateman swore that he, too, was drunk, hence could not have taken advantage of him. The court ruled the document was binding.