Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad v. Green

In December, 1861, the Legislature of Mississippi authorized the corporate authorities of the Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad Co. to issue small notes to, circulate as money, which notes the Company was bound, if required so to do, to redeem at Grenada, in Mississippi, when presented in sums not less than five dollars, either in gold or silver, or the notes of the-Confederate States, or in .other bank notes current at the time and place of presentation.

The Railroad Co. issued notes under this authority, which came into the hands of J. & T. Green, in denominations of three dollars, two…