Legal Tender Cases of 1871

THE

LEGAL TENDER CASES

OF 1871.

DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, DECEMBER TERM, 1870,

IN THE CASES OF KNOX vs. LEE, AND PARKER vs. DAVIS;

WITH THE OPINIONS OF

JUSTICES STRONG AND BRADLEY; AND THE DISSENTING OPINIONS OF JUSTICES
CHASE, CLIFFORD, AND FIELD.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

THE NOTES OF FORTY-FOUR CASES QUOTED OR REFERRED TO IN THE SEVERAL
OPINIONS ABOVE NAMED.

New York, 1872:

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