| Joseph Blunt - History - 1832 - 916 pages
...tate engages to pay money at a future day ; thus including a certificate given for money borrowed. But the language of the Constitution itself, and the mischief...actually received, or for money borrowed for present nse ; nor are instruments executed for such purposes, in common language, denominated 'bills of credit.'... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1832 - 590 pages
...of salaries and fees of office. Instruments, however, issued by or on behalf of a state, binding it to pay money at a future day, for services actually received, or for money borrowed for present use, were declared not to be bills of credit, within the meaning of the constitution. (2.) No state can... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1835 - 624 pages
...of the terms. The word "em" is never employed in describing those contracts by which a state but ' itself to pay money at a future day for services actually received, « I* money borrowed for present use. Nor are instruments csecutea W such purposes, in common language,... | |
| Henry Baldwin - Constitutional history - 1837 - 230 pages
...constitution as to other instruments," 12 Wh. 438; that the " interpretation of the terms," depends on " the language of the constitution itself, and the mischief...prevented; which we know from the history of our country." 4 Pet. 431, 2. Let whatever meaning be given to the constitution; whether a league, confederation,... | |
| Henry Baldwin - Constitutional law - 1837 - 236 pages
...constitution as to other instruments," 12 Wh. 438; that the " interpretation of the terms," depends on " the language of the constitution itself, and the mischief...prevented; which we know from the history of our country." 4 Pet. 431, 2. Let whatever meaning be given to the constitution; whether a league, confederation,... | |
| John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...state engages to pay money at a future day ; thus including a certificate given for money borrowed. But the language of the constitution itself, and the mischief...those contracts by which a state binds itself to pay nioney at a future day for services actually received, or for money borrowed for present use ; nor... | |
| William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1843 - 436 pages
...mischief intended to be prevented, equally limit its interpretation. The word " emit," it was observed, is never employed in describing those contracts by...at a future day, for services actually received, or money borrowed for immediate use. Nor are instruments executed for such purposes denominated in common... | |
| Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...mischief intended to be prevented, equally limit its interpretation. The word " emit," it was observed, is never employed in describing those contracts by...state binds itself to pay money at a future day, for serviees actually received, or money borrowed for immediate use. Nor are instruments executed for such... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 666 pages
...This is what we understand Chief Justice MARSHALL to mean, when he says, in Craig v. Missouri, supra: "The wo.rd 'emit' is never employed in describing those contracts by which a State binds herself to pay money at a future day for services actually rendered, or for money borrowed for present... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...state engages to pay money at a future day ; thus including a certificate given for money borrowed. But the language of the constitution itself, and the mischief to be prevented, equally limit the interpretation of the term. The word " emit," is never employed in describing those... | |
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