Martin v. Franklin

4 Johns. 123

• Court: New York Supreme Court
• Decided: February 15, 1809
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

The debt is to be paid according to the par, and not the rate of exchange. It is recoverable and payable here to the plaintiffs or their agent; and the courts are not to inquire into the disposition of the debt, after it reaches the hands of the agent. He may remit the debt to his principal abroad, in bills of exchange, or he may invest it here on his behalf, or transmit it to some other part of the United States, or to other countries, on the same account. We cannot trace the disposition which is to take place, subsequent to the recovery, nor award special damages upon such uncertain calculations. All that the plaintiffs can ask, is their debt, justly liquidated and paid, in the lawful currency of the United States.

Judgment accordingly.