Evans v. Steele
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM BEDFORD. Appeal from tbe Chancery Court of Bedford County. —W. S. Bearden, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
.Mr. Justice Lainsden
delivered the opinion of the Court.
*486■ The complainant, Evans, is the owner, by purchase, of an undivided interest in the estate of Joseph H. Evans, deceased, and as such became liable to the State for $516.74 inheritance tax. He tendered to the defendant, as clerk of the county court, $510.50, by offering to pay that amount in bills of the Bank of Tennessee, consisting of one bill for $500, one hill for five dollars, five hills for one dollar each, and one fifty-cent bill or shinplaster, and the remainder in lawful money of the United States. The clerk refused to accept…
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