We hold, therefore, that compulsory pay­

ment, under the Suqutwtnirion sets, to the

rebel Teceivejvofjtlijj .debt due to the plain

tiffs froinllie dofemiant, Was ho' discharge.

It is claimed, however, tint whatever may

be the rightof the plaintiff to reoover the

not recover interest for the. time during which

war prevented all communication between

the States in which they respectively resided.

. We cannot thiuk so. Irjet is the law­

ful fruit of principal. 1'liere are, indued,

some authorities to the point that interest

which has accrued during wsr between in­

dependent nations, caimot le afterwards re­

covered ; though the debt, with other inter­

est, maybe. But that rule, in our judgment,

hi applicable only to such wars. We. per­

ceive nothing in tbe act of the 13th July,

IWS1, which suspended for a tithe all pacific

intercourse between the legal and insurgent

portion of the country, that requires or justi­

fies the application ot that rule to tbe case

before us. Legal rights could neither be

originated nor defeated by tbe action of the

central authorities of the late rebellion.

Tbe plaintiff must have judgment ior the

principal and interest ot his i debt, without

deduction.

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