Case Name: PERKINS v. BECK
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1830-05
Citations: 19 F. Cas. 239
Docket Number: 
Parties: PERKINS v. BECK.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 19
Pages: 239–240

Head Matter:
Case No. 10,984.
PERKINS v. BECK.
[4 Cranch. C. C. 68.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
May Term, 1830.
Tender — Not Exact Amount — Chance Asked FOR.
A tender of money upon condition of receiving change, and a receipt in full for rent, is not a legal tender.
[Cited in Appeal of Forest Oil Co., 118 Pa. St. 140, 12 Atl. 442.]
Trespass for distraining for more rent- than was due. The plaintiff [Caleb Perkins] offered •evidence to prove that before the distress he -offered to pay the landlord [Joseph W. Beck] -$G0, if he would give him change (the rent due being $54.19, and a receipt in full for rent.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(MORSELL, Circuit Judge, absent) decided that it was not a legal tender.