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Railroad Co. v. JohnsonRailroad Co. v. Johnson

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 10, 1873
Reporters:
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Before:
Miller

Lead Opinion

Mr. Justice MILLER

delivered the opinion of the court.

In accordance with the principles ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‍settled by this court in the cases of Knox v. Lee, and Parker v. Davis* which were affirmed in Dooley v. Smith,† the tender was a good and valid one, and the judgment for coin is ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‍erroneous, and must be reversed.

*196It is, therefore, ordered that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut be, and the same is hereby, ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‍reversed, and the cause remanded to that court for further proceedings

In conformity with this opinion.

Notes

12 Wallace, 457.

13 Id. 604.






Dissenting Opinion

The CHIEF JUSTICE

dissenting: I think ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‍it my duty to express my dissent from the judgment just announced, for the reasons stated in the opinion of the court in Hepburn v. Griswold,* and in the ‍‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​‍dissenting opinions in Knox v. Lee, and Parker v. Davis.

My brothers CLIFFORD and FIELD concur in this dissent.

8 Wallace, 603.

Case Details

Case Name: Railroad Co. v. Johnson
Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Date Published: Mar 10, 1873
Citations: 82 U.S. 195; 21 L. Ed. 178; 15 Wall. 195; 1872 U.S. LEXIS 1247
Court Abbreviation: U.S.
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