Clark v. Keith

When this case was here on a former writ of error it was decided that Keith, the collector, was bound in law to receive the genuine notes of the Bank of Tennessee, issued after May 6, 1861, in payment of taxes due the State of Tennessee, unless he showed in defence that the notes tendered were issued for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. The affirmative of this issue was put on the collector. Keith v. Clark, 97 U. S. 454. That question is no longer open ■ in this case, for the reason that it has long been settled that whatever has been decided here on one writ of error cannot be…