Shelby v. Boyd
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Debt was brought on an obligation for ioool. lawful money of North Carolina, dated 30th November 1786, conditioned for the payment of 500I. like lawful money on the 1st November 1787. The defendants pleaded payment with leave, &c., and gave notice of the special matters intended to be insisted on at the trial, which went to prove a want of consideration. *The cause i was ordered for trial in April last, at the r,ft last Circuit Court for Lancaster county, where it was L ^22…
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Debt was brought on an obligation for ioool. lawful money of North Carolina, dated 30th November 1786, conditioned for the payment of 500I. like lawful money on the 1st November 1787. The defendants pleaded payment with leave, &c., and gave notice of the special matters intended to be insisted on at the trial, which went to prove a want of consideration. *The cause i was ordered for trial in April last, at the r,ft last Circuit Court for Lancaster county, where it was L ^22 agreed, that judgment should be entered for the plaintiff, and that the execution thereon should stay, until the next…
1Per curiam
It does not appear to us, that the bills of credit offered to be paid into court, are a legal tender, and therefore we cannot admit them to be brought into court. We cannot say, on the face' of the obligation, that the contract refers to such money.
Judgment absolute.
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