Marye v. Parsons

Citations

• 114 U.S. 325
• 5 S. Ct. 932
• 29 L. Ed. 205
• 1885 U.S. LEXIS 1765

Syllabus

<p>The contract right óf a coupon-holder under the Virginia act of March 30, 1871, whereby his coupons are receivable in payment of taxes, can be exercised only by a tax-payer r and a bill in e'quity, for an injunction to restrain tax collectors from refusing to receive them, when tendered in payment of taxes, will not lie in behalf of a coupon-holder who does not . allege himself to be also a tax-payer. Such a bill calls for a decree declaring merely-an abstract right, and do'es.not show any breach of the contract, or other ground of relief.</p>