Legal Opinion
Perry v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1935No. 532PublishedCited by 295 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The certificate from the Court of Claims shows the following facts:
Plaintiff brought suit as the owner of an obligation of the United States for $10,000, known as “ Fourth Liberty Loan 4%% Gold Bond of 1933-1938.” This bond was issued pursuant to the Act of September 24, 1917 (40 Stat. 288), as amended, and Treasury Department circular No. 121, dated September 28, 1918. The bond *347provided: “ The principal and interest hereof are payable in United States gold coin of the present standard of value.”
Plaintiff alleged in his petition that at the time the bond was issued, and when he acquired it, a…
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