Knoxville Iron Co. v. Harbison
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. In the chancery court of Knox County, Tennessee, Samuel Ilarbison, a citizen of said State, on June 2,1899, filed a bill of complaint against the -Knoxville Iron Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, alleging that he was the bona fide holder' by purchase in due course of trade of certain specified accepted orders for coal that had been issued by the defendant-company in payment of…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. In the chancery court of Knox County, Tennessee, Samuel Ilarbison, a citizen of said State, on June 2,1899, filed a bill of complaint against the -Knoxville Iron Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, alleging that he was the bona fide holder' by purchase in due course of trade of certain specified accepted orders for coal that had been issued by the defendant-company in payment of wages due to its employes; that he had made due demand for their redemption in cash according to law, .which demand had been…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
This is a suit in equity brought to this court by a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee, involving the validity, under the Federal Constitution, of air act of the legislature of Tennessee, passed March 17, 1899, Acts of 1899, c. 11, p. 17, requiring the redemption in cash of store orders or other evidences of indebtedness issued by employers in payment of wages due to employés.
The caption and material portions of this act are as follows:
“ AN Act requiring all persons, firms, corporations, and companies using coupons, scrip, punchout, store orders or other evidences of…
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