Batsakis v. Demotsis, 226 S.W.2d 673 (Tex. Civ. App. 1949), was a 1949 decision by the Texas Court of Appeals, United States which was an appeal from a judgment of the 57th judicial District Court of Bexar County, Texas. In the case, Batsakis (Plaintiff) sued Demotsis (Defendant) to collect on a promise Demotsis had made, in 1942 in war-torn Greece, to pay at a later date to Batsakis $2,000 dollars with interest at the rate of 8% per annum from April 2, 1942 in exchange for 500,000 drachmae given at the time of the execution of the contract. On appeal, the court found for Batsakis.