Borden v. Hope

It appears that in the summer of 1865 H. Borden and J. J. Hope- had a settlement of accounts between themselves, and that Hope was found to he indebted to Borden in the sum of seventeen hundred and sixteen dollars. It further appears that this sum was paid by Hope with United States treasury notes and the notes of *582different banks in the Southern States — the notes of the banks being taken at seventy-five cents on the dollar.

In March, 1866, this suit was instituted to make the defendant pay the difference between the actual value of the bank notes and seventy-live cents on the dollar, on the…