It is the general rule of law, that with the breaking out of war between the nations of the principal and agent, the war itself brings the agency to an end, and prevents the agent from acting further.33 The only exception to this rule is in the matter of settlement of the principal's accounts, where the settlement does not necessitate the transmission of funds from one country to another.34

The principal of revocation of agency by the breaking out of war, is applicable to civil as well as international war.35

30 Parker vs. Smith, 16 East, 382;

Mennett vs. Forrester, 4 Taunt,

541. 31 Hudson vs. Granger, 5 Bain &

Ald., 27. 32 Kershaw vs. Kelsey, 100 Mass.,

561; U. S. vs. Grossmayer, 9

Wall (U. S.), 72. 33 Ward vs. Smith, 7 Wall, 447. 34 Belgerry vs. Branch, 19 Gratt

(Va.), 393.

It was held by a Tennessee court that a power of attorney to sell land given by a citizen of the United States to one, a citizen of the Confederate states, was revoked by the existence of our civil war.36