Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 13Published for John Conrad and Company, 1852 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... bills of a banking corporation , which has corporate property , are not bills of credit within the meaning of the ... bill of credit , " and cited 4 Peters , 410 ; 11 Peters , 313 ; 7 Alab . Rep . 18 . Mr. Hopkins for the defendants ...
... bills of a banking corporation , which has corporate property , are not bills of credit within the meaning of the ... bill of credit , " and cited 4 Peters , 410 ; 11 Peters , 313 ; 7 Alab . Rep . 18 . Mr. Hopkins for the defendants ...
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... bills of credit were for such sums as showed they were intended to be circulated as money . And that the object of the State was to circulate them as money , through the agency of the bank , for a profit . The third plea avers that the ...
... bills of credit were for such sums as showed they were intended to be circulated as money . And that the object of the State was to circulate them as money , through the agency of the bank , for a profit . The third plea avers that the ...
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... bills . With the means possessed by the bank when it com- menced business , is required only prudent management to sustain its credit , and effectuate the objects for which it was established . The bills issued by the bank were made ...
... bills . With the means possessed by the bank when it com- menced business , is required only prudent management to sustain its credit , and effectuate the objects for which it was established . The bills issued by the bank were made ...
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... bills circulation : they were in no respect , therefore , like a bill of credit . That must issue on the credit of the State . The principles laid down by this court in the case of Briscoe v . The Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky ...
... bills circulation : they were in no respect , therefore , like a bill of credit . That must issue on the credit of the State . The principles laid down by this court in the case of Briscoe v . The Bank of the Commonwealth of Kentucky ...
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... bill of credit emanates from the sovereignty of the State . It rests for its currency on the faith of the State pledged by a public law . The State cannot be sued ordinarily on such bill , nor its payment exacted against its will ...
... bill of credit emanates from the sovereignty of the State . It rests for its currency on the faith of the State pledged by a public law . The State cannot be sued ordinarily on such bill , nor its payment exacted against its will ...
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