Legal Opinion
Lynn v. Polk
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1881PublishedCited by 18 opinions
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal fro in the Chancery Court at Nashville. A. G. Merritt, Ch.
1Opinion of the Court
Turney, J.,
said:
On the 5th of April, 1881, the Legislature passed an act entitled “an act to settle and compromise the bonded indebtedness of the State.” The 3d section of the act is as follows:
“Be it further enacted, that the coupons on said compromise bonds, on and after their maturity, shall be receivable in payment for all taxes and debts due the State, except for taxes for the support of the common schools and for the payment of the interest upon the common school fund, and said coupons shall show upon their face that they are so receivable.”
The 9th section provides the form of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Newton v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by18 opinions
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