KNOX v. LEE


79 U.S. 457 (____)

12 Wall. 457

KNOX v. LEE. PARKER v. DAVIS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Paschall, Sr. and Jr., for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. Wills, contra:

Mr. B.F. Thomas, for the plaintiff in error, contended:

Mr. Benjamin F. Butler, contra, contended:

Mr. Akerman, Attorney-General, contra:*


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The controlling questions in these cases are the following: Are the acts of Congress, known as the legal tender acts, constitutional when applied to contracts made before their passage; and, secondly, are they valid as applicable to debts contracted since their enactment? These questions have been elaborately argued, and they have received from the court that consideration...

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