Brown v. Welch

This was a suit upon a contract for the payment of a certain sum of money in gold, “or if paid in paper, the amount thereof necessary to purchase the gold, at the place of payment, Logansport, Indiana.” Judgment was rendered ior the amount specified in the contract, without adding anything for the premium on gold, and the plaintiff brings the question to this court. <-

We have, in Thayer v. Hedges, 23 Ind. 141, held that the legislation of Congress, making treasury notes a legal *117tender in the payment of debts, is authorized by the constitution of the United States; find we believe it has been…