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THORINGTON v. SMITH

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75 U.S. 1 (1869)

8 Wall. 1

19 L.Ed. 361

THORINGTON, v. SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 7, 1869.

November 1, 1869.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P. Phillips, for the appellant (a brief of Mr. Chilton being filed):

No opposing counsel on either argument.

The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the opinion of the court.

The questions before us upon this appeal are these:

(1.) Can a contract for the payment of Confederate notes, made during the late rebellion, between parties residing within the so-called Confederate States, be enforced at all in the courts of the United States?

(2.) Can evidence be received to prove that a promise expressed to be for the payment of dollars was, in fact, made

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