Supreme Court of the United States, 1871

Dewing v. Sears

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 18, 1871 · Strong

78 U.S. 379; 20 L. Ed. 189; 11 Wall. 379; 1870 U.S. LEXIS 1485 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Caleb Cushing submitted them on briefs of Mr. E. M. Bigelow, for the plaintiff in error;

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Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (Supreme Court of the United States 1935)
Halloran v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Vt. 1921)
Belford v. Woodward (Ill. 1895)
Knox v. Gerhauser (Mont. 1878)
Townsend v. Jennison (Vt. 1872)
Phillips v. Dugan (Ohio 1871)

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Opinion

*380 Mr. Justice STRONG

delivered the opinion of the court.

The contract in these eases was for the payment or delivery of a specified weight of pure gold, solvable in coined money. They are, therefore, governed by the decisions-heretofore made by this court in Bronson v. Rodes, and Butler v. Horwitz. It follows that the judgments entered in the Superior Court were erroneous. They should have been entered for coined dollars and parts of dollars, instead of treasury notes equivalent in market value to the value in coined money of the stipulated weight of pure gold.

Judgment in each case reversed, and the causes remanded with instructions to enter judgment in accordance with the

Foregoing opinion.

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