Butler v. Horwitz
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Court of Common Pleas for'.Mary land. Daniel Bowly, on the 18th of February, 1791, leased to Conrad Orendorf a lot of ground in the city of Baltimore, for ninety-nine years, renewable forever, reserving rent-in the following words : “ Yielding and paying therefor to the said Daniel Bowly, his heirs and assigns, the yearly rent or sum of £15, current money of Maryland, payable in English golden guineas, weighing five pennyweights and six grains, at thirty-five…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas for'.Mary land. Daniel Bowly, on the 18th of February, 1791, leased to Conrad Orendorf a lot of ground in the city of Baltimore, for ninety-nine years, renewable forever, reserving rent-in the following words : “ Yielding and paying therefor to the said Daniel Bowly, his heirs and assigns, the yearly rent or sum of £15, current money of Maryland, payable in English golden guineas, weighing five pennyweights and six grains, at thirty-five shillings each, and other gold and silver at their present established weight and rate according to act of Assembly, on…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The principles which determined the case of Bronson v. Rodes,* will govern our judgment in this case.
The obvious intent of the contract now before us was to secure payment of a certain rent in gold and silver, and thereby avoid the fluctuations to which the currency of the country, in the days which preceded and followed the establishment of our independence, had been subject, and also all future fluctuations incident to arbitrary or uncertain measures of value, whether introduced by law or by usage.
It was agreed in the court, below that the…
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