Taylor v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
In error to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. This ease involved the question of the validity of certain notes, commonly known as “ cotton money,” issued and put in circulation by the State of Mississippi as currency during the late rebellion, and also the obligation of the'State to receive the same in payment of taxes after the rebellion, and after the reorganization of the State government.
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In error to the Supreme Court of Mississippi. This ease involved the question of the validity of certain notes, commonly known as “ cotton money,” issued and put in circulation by the State of Mississippi as currency during the late rebellion, and also the obligation of the'State to receive the same in payment of taxes after the rebellion, and after the reorganization of the State government. The case was thus: .Mississippi, through a convention convened by the action o£ the legislature, passed, on the 9th of January, 1861, an ordinance of secession, by which it was ordained “that all the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Beyond all doubt the finding of the appellate court of the State of Mississippi is correct, and the court here also unanimously concur in the conclusion reached by that court, that the treasury notes authorized to be issued by the act under consideration, inasmuch as they were issued “against the public policy and in violation of the Constitution of the United States, are, therefore, illegal and void.”
Three principal propositions áre submitted by the appellant to controvert that conclusion, which will be separately considered:
(1.) Tliat the terms of the act authorizing the issue of the…
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