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114 U.S. 269
5 S.Ct. 962
114 U.S. 330
29 L.Ed. 207
POINDEXTER
v.
GREENHOW, Treasurer, etc. In Error to the HustingsCourt of the City of Richmond, State of Virginia.
WHITE
1v.
SAME.
CARTER
2v.
SAME.
3In Error to the Circuit Court of the United
4States for the Eastern District of Virginia.
ALLEN, Auditor, etc., and others
5v.
6BALTIMORE & O.R. CO. Appeal from the Circuit Court of
7the United States for the Western District of Virginia.
PLEASANTS
8v.
9GREENHOW, Treasurer, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court
10of the United States for the Eastern District
11of Virginia.
CHAFFIN
12v.
13TAYLOR. In Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of
14the State of Virginia.
MARYE, Auditor, etc., and others
15v.
16PARSONS. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United
17States for the Eastern District of Virginia.
18April 20, 1885.
19There were eight of these cases. All related to the legislation of the State of Virginia of March 30, 1871, authorizing coupons of the funded debt of the State to be received in payment of taxes, debts, dues, and demands due the State, and to subsequent legislation, practically forbidding the receipt of the coupons in present payment of dues and taxes. court. The legislation is set forth, or referred to in Antoni v. Greenhow, 107 U.S. 769, and in the opinion of the court in the first of the present cases.
20The cases were argued, or submitted, in the following order: PLEASANTS v. GREENHOW,, was submitted December 1, 1884. POINDEXTER v. GREENHOW; WHITE v. GREENHOW; CHAFFIN v. TAYLOR; CARTER v. GREENHOW; and MOORE v. GREENHOW, were argued together March 20, 23, 24 and 25, 1885. ALLEN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. was argued March 25, 26, 1885; and MARYE v. PARSONS was argued March 26, 27, 1885.
21The opinions and judgments of the court in all the cases except MOORE v. GREENHOW were announced April 20, 1885. In the later case they were announced May 4, 1885.
22The dissenting opinion will be found after the opinion of the court in MARYE v. PARSONS. The Justices who concurred in it dissented from the judgments and opinions of the court in POINDEXTER v. GREENHOW; WHITE v. GREENHOW; CHAFFIN v. TAYLOR; and ALLEN v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD CO. In PLEASANTS v. GREENHOW; CARTER v. GREENHOW; and MARYE v. PARSONS, they concurred in the judgments of the court, but rested their concurrence on the reasons given in their dissenting opinion.
Document Info
Filed Date: 4/20/1885
Precedential Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 4/15/2017