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Hepburn v. Griswold, 75 U.S. 603
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 (1870), was a Supreme Court of the United States
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 case in which Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States

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 Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase was an United States politician and jurist in the American Civil War era who served as United States Senator from Ohio and List of Governors of Ohio of Ohio; as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief Justice of the United States....
, speaking for the Court, declared certain parts of the legal tender
Legal tender

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 acts to be unconstitutional. This included the issuance of greenbacks
United States dollar

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, which he was responsible for overseeing despite his disagreement with the policy during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury
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.

The lawsuit
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 originated when one Mrs. Hepburn attempted to pay a debt due to one Henry Griswold on a promissory note
Promissory note

A promissory note, also referred to as a note payable in accounting, is a contract where one party makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay a sum of money to the other , either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms....
, which was made five days prior to the issuance of United States notes that this case questioned.






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Hepburn v. Griswold, 75 U.S. 603
Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called Reporter s or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported....
 (1870), was a Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 case in which Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the United States federal courts and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States....
 Salmon P. Chase
Salmon P. Chase

Salmon Portland Chase was an United States politician and jurist in the American Civil War era who served as United States Senator from Ohio and List of Governors of Ohio of Ohio; as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President of the United States Abraham Lincoln; and as Chief Justice of the United States....
, speaking for the Court, declared certain parts of the legal tender
Legal tender

Legal tender or forced tender is payment that, by law, cannot be refused in settlement of a debt.Legal tender is variously defined in different jurisdictions....
 acts to be unconstitutional. This included the issuance of greenbacks
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
, which he was responsible for overseeing despite his disagreement with the policy during his tenure as Secretary of the Treasury
United States Secretary of the Treasury

The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and, until 2003, some issues of national security and defense....
.

The lawsuit
Lawsuit

In law, a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, called the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy or equitable remedy....
 originated when one Mrs. Hepburn attempted to pay a debt due to one Henry Griswold on a promissory note
Promissory note

A promissory note, also referred to as a note payable in accounting, is a contract where one party makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay a sum of money to the other , either at a fixed or determinable future time or on demand of the payee, under specific terms....
, which was made five days prior to the issuance of United States notes that this case questioned. Griswold sued Hepburn in the Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 Chancery Court
Court of equity

A chancery court, equity court or court of equity is a court that is authorized to apply principles of Equity , as opposed to law, to Legal case brought before it....
 on the note and refused Mrs. Hepburn's tender of United States notes to satisfy his claim. She then tendered the notes into the chancery court, which declared her debt satisfied.

The Court of Errors of Kentucky reversed the chancery court's judgment, and Mrs. Hepburn appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which in this opinion affirmed the judgment of the Court of Errors.

The holding in this case was explicitly overruled by the Legal Tender Cases
Legal Tender Cases

The Legal Tender Cases were a series of Supreme Court of the United States cases in the latter part of the nineteenth century that affirmed the constitutionality of paper money....
, , in which Chase dissented.

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