Hartman v. Greenhow

The plaintiff in error, who is the petitioner in the court below,- is a citizen and resident of the city of Richmond, State of Virginia; and on the 5th of April, 1878, was indebted to the State for taxes to the amount of twenty-six dollars and fifty-three cents, Op that day he tendered to the treasurer of Richmond — who is by law charged with the duty of collecting the taxes of the State in that city — certain interest coupons, which were .overdue, amounting to twenty-four dollars, cut from bonds of the State, issued under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly, passed March 30,…