| United States. Supreme Court - 1904 - 444 halaman
...confined to a future operation. Yet to ail this there appears to be a simple and conclusive answer. The prohibition in the constitution to make anything but gold or silver com a tendci- in payment of debts, is express and universal. The framers of the constitution regarded... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1827 - 682 halaman
...whether before or after the adoption of the constitution. The other prohibition, to " make any thing but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts," is but a member of the same subject of currency committed to the general government, and prohibited to... | |
| Maryland - 1831 - 256 halaman
...whether before or after the adoption of the constitution. The other prohibition, to "make any thing but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts," is but a member of the same subject of currency committed to the general government, and prohibited to... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 halaman
...binding, would defeat the suit. The constitution of the United States has declared that no state shall make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts. If congress shall not have passed a law... | |
| William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 436 halaman
...ordinary acceptation, cases which occur after as well as before the passing of the act. It forbids a state to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. These prohibitions relate to kindred... | |
| 1845 - 436 halaman
...ordinary acceptation, cases which occur after as well as before the passing of the act. It forbids a state to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. These prohibitions relate to kindred... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1854 - 674 halaman
...binding, would defeat the suit. The Constitution of the United States has declared that no state shall make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts. If Congress shall not have passed a law... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1855 - 452 halaman
...the value of foreign coins : and the states are forbidden to coin money, to emit bills of credit, or to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts. The plain inference was, that the subject of the general currency was intended to be submitted... | |
| Francis Bowen - 1856 - 588 halaman
...Constitution of the United States, which declares that "no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts." Bank-notes, also, after the banks have suspended specie payments, so that their notes are no... | |
| Nebraska - 1858 - 80 halaman
...confedto the individual eration; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; remit bills of credit; make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts,... | |
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