Bronson v. Kimpton/Opinion of the Court

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals of New York.

Kimpton filed a bill against Bronson in one of the State courts of New York to compel satisfaction of a mortgage executed by him to Bronson on the ground that it had been paid. The mortgage was given to secure a bond for the payment of a certain sum in gold and silver coin, lawful money of the United States. The payment relied on was a tender of United States notes equal in nominal amount to the sum due on the bond and mortgage. The Supreme Court of New York held the tender sufficient, and adjudged satisfaction; and this judgment was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, and was now here for review.

Mr. J. A. Townsend (by whom the case of Bronson v. Rodes had been elaborately and ably argued at the last term) now stated for the plaintiff in error that, as was obvious, there was no essential difference between this case and that, or Butler v. Horwitz, which had been adjudged at the same time, and he relied upon these two decisions as conclusive of the case.

The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the judgment of this court to the effect that the questions being no other than those already fully considered and determined in the cases referred to by the counsel, this case was necessarily

REVERSED, AND WOULD BE REMANDED FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS.