Baldwin v. Baker
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Oakland; Smith, J. Bill by Stephen Baldwin against Fred A. Baker to compel the discharge of a mortgage. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The following are the allegations of the bill of complaint : Complainant purchased the land described in the bill of complaint, subject to a mortgage owned by defendant.
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Appeal from Oakland; Smith, J. Bill by Stephen Baldwin against Fred A. Baker to compel the discharge of a mortgage. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The following are the allegations of the bill of complaint : Complainant purchased the land described in the bill of complaint, subject to a mortgage owned by defendant. December 13, 1897, there was due upon said mortgage $364. Complainant tendered this amount to said defendant in 364 silver coins of the United States of the denomina,tion of one dollar, all bearing date after the year 1878. Baker refused the tender, basing his…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). The sole question presented is whether the act in question, making the silver dollar of 412.5 grains troy of standard silver a full legal tender for all debts and dues, public and private, is constitutional. The learned counsel for the defendant have filed an elaborate brief upon the question, discussing the history of coinage in this country, and the various acts of Congress upon the subject. Did we not regard the question as foreclosed by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, we should be compelled to enter upon a studious and laborious…
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