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. Whither are We Drifting as a Nation? - 第 229 頁 Freeman Otis Willey 著 - 1882 - 544 頁 完整檢視 - 關於此書
...same metal as bullion. * » * "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...controverted. * * * No 'one ever doubted that a debt of .$1,000, contracted before 1834, could be paid by 100 eagles coined after that year, though they contained...