Court Opinion

ID: 9416489
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 19:47:28.669312+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:14:53.440993
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Mr. Justice NELSON
I concur in 'the judgment of the court on the ground, first, that the. act of the legislature of the State of Arkansas, repealing the provision of a previous act, by which the bills of the Bank of Arkansas were authorized to be taken in payment, of the public dues and taxes, was constitutional and valid, and the defendant therefore bound to discharge his obligation *224in the legal currency of the country; and, secondly, that, if otherwise, the obligor in this case has expressly stipulated to pay the debt in specie or its equivalent.
Mr. Justice GRIER.
I concur with.my brother Nelson.

Order.

This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from thé Supreme Court of the State of .Arkansas, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Supreme Court in this cause be; and the same is hereby, affirmed, with costs and damages at the rate of six per centum per annum.