Bank of Washington v. State of Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
These two cases depended upon the same principle, and a report of the first will apply equally to the second— It was brought up from the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas by a writ of error issued under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act, The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This is a bill in equity, brought in the Chancery Court of the State of Arkansas, to recover the money due on or which had arisen from, certain bonds issued by the State, to which the complainants claimed to be entitled. The bill is drawn out very much at length, and states particularly the bonds and contracts on which the complainants are proceeding, and also certain laws and acts of the State, which the bill alleges impaired the obligation of these contracts, and were forbidden by the Constitution of the United States.
It is unnecessary, however, to state at large the contents of the bill,…
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