Zacharie v. Lyons

The plaintiff, in November 1866, leased to L. W. Lyons a store in New Orleans for a term of years “ at twelve thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, in notes to be given on the first October of every year, for $1041 66 each, payable in gold, or national currency to be received with the current gold premium .added, but gold not to exceed fifty per cent, premium for national •currency, or national currency to be received at that rate.”

In October, 1867, Lyons having died, the defendant, his administratrix, gave the notes required for the coming year. The suit now before us is…