| United States. Supreme Court - 1909 - 746 頁
...they should follow. But the obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law ?hall recognize as money when the payment is to be made....this, and we do not understand it to be controverted. f No one ever doubted that a debt of one thousand dollars, contracted before 1834, could be paid by... | |
| 1872 - 438 頁
...other, constitutes its obligation. The obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made. If there is any thing settled by decision it is this, and it cannot be understood to be controverted, nor can it... | |
| Edward McPherson - 1872 - 248 頁
...engagement that they should follow. But the obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to...this, and we do not understand it to be controverted. (Davies'sReps.,28; Barrington vs. Potter, Dyer, 81, b , fol. 67; Faw vs. Marsteller, 2 Cranch, 29.)... | |
| Edward McPherson - 1872
...engagement that they should follow. But the obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to...this, and we do not understand it to be controverted. (Davies'sReps., 28; Barrington vs. Potter, Dyer, 81, b., fol. 67; Faw vs. Marsteller, 2 Cranch, 29.)... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1872 - 192 頁
...engagement that they should follow. But the obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made. If there is any thing settled by decision it is this, and we do not understand it to be controverted.—(Davies*... | |
| 1875 - 870 頁
...engagement that they should follow. But the obligation of a contract to pay money, is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made." And Bradley, J., in his concurring opinion, says : " There are times when the exigencies of the state... | |
| Luther Vanhorn Moulton - 1880 - 278 頁
...fully disposes of that matter as follows: * "By the obligation of a contract to pay money, is meant to pay that which law shall recognize as money when...payment is to be made. If there is anything settled by decisions it is this, and we do not understand it is to be controverted. No one ever doubted that a... | |
| 1882 - 954 頁
...countries, might be cited to show that 'the obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made.' Every contract is made subject to the power of the Government to enact new laws and to repeal old ones.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1884 - 966 頁
...engagement that they should follow. But the obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to...this, and we do not understand it to be controverted. Davies Reps. 28; Barrington v. Potter. Dyer, 81, b.ffol. 67); Faw v. МчггЫПег, 2 Cranch, 20.... | |
| James Laurence Laughlin - 1885 - 326 頁
...process of law." On the point that the " obligation of a contract to pay money is to pay that which the law shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made," it was laid down: " No one ever doubted that a debt of one thousand dollars, contracted before 1834,... | |
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