Galland v. Lewis
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fifteenth Judicial District, Tehama County. The defendants plead the tender made before suit was commenced, and brought the United States treasury notes thus tendered into Court. Judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiffs for the money thus tendered in Court, and in favor of "defendants for their costs. Plaintiffs appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
This is an action upon a promissory note for seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and ninety-two cents, executed September 1, 1862, and payable on the 15th of October of the same year, in United States coin. The defendant Lewis tendered the amount due upon the note February 1st, 1863, in United States notes. The action was brought May 13, 1863.
In Lick v. Faulkner this Court decided that the Act of Con-*48gross passed on the 25th of February, 1862, entitled “ An Act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding…
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