McCallister v. Beattie
McCallister v. Beattie
Opinion of the Court
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This action was instituted by appellees in the court below to compel appellant to accept United States Treasury notes in satisfaction of two promissory notes, dated the 10th of September, 1859, for $2,500 each, payable in dollars, on the 1st of January, 1861 and 1862, respectively.
The chancellor adjudged, and required appellant to accept said treasury notes in payment and discharge of appellee’s undertaking in their notes aforesaid to pay him in money, and a reversal of that judgment is now sought.
A majority of this court, in Griswold v. H. P. Hepburn, 2 Duv., decided that a creditor holding the obligation of debtor to pay dollars cannot be legally compelled to take United States Treasury notes in payment of his debt. To the principles settled
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