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Quotation from Legal Tender Cases by Supreme Court of the United States
“It was hoped that it had settled forever that under a Constitution ordained, among other things, 'to establish justice,' legislation giving to one person the right to discharge his obligations to another by nominal instead of actual fulfilment, could never be justified.”
Legal Tender Cases, Dissent of Justice Field (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute))
Justice Field appeals to the Preamble in defending the Hepburn rule for creditors.
Citation: "It was hoped that it had settled forever that under a Constitution ordained, among other things, 'to establish justice,' legislation giving to one person the right to discharge his obligations to another by nominal instead of actual fulfilment, could never be justified." — Supreme Court of the United States, Legal Tender Cases, Dissent of Justice Field (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Legal Information Institute)). (id legal-tender-cases-q6)
Portrait: William Strong judge - Brady-Handy, Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain.
