Noah Haynes Swayne

“ Nothing is more material to the obligation of a contract than the means of its enforcement. The ideas of validity and remedy are inseparable, and both are parts of the obligation which is guaranteed by the Constitution against impairment ”

“ That in all suits pending, or hereafter brought, in or before any court of the State, founded upon any debt or contract or cause of action made or implied before the 1st June, 1865, or upon any other debt or contract in renewal thereof, it shall not be lawful for the plaintiff to have a verdict or judgment in his favor, unless he has made it clearly to appear before the tribunal trying the same that all legal taxes chargeable by law upon the same have been duly paid for each year since the making or implying of said debt or contract. ”

“ The seventh section declares that these damages shall not be considered as 'too remote or speculative, if it appear that they were fairly and legitimately produced, directly or indirectly, by said war or the results thereof.' The ninth section provides that these losses by the war may be offset against judgments already rendered. ”