Show abrasion count it Is an interesting question whether tender of a silver coin can be by reason of abrasion the question was brought before the bup renae court of the united estates in caad involving the refusal of a ten cent piece offered in payment ot car tire on a street rail road in jersey city the conductor refuted the coin ft hen tendered because be thought it was not worth par hav ing been worn by abrasion while in circulation the passenger was ejected from the car and brought suit for dam ages he recovered a judgment which was affirmed by the supreme court of ew jersey and this judgment has been affirmed by the supreme court of tl e united states in an opinion ren dered by the chief justice in affirm ing the judgment chief justice fuller referred to the law regulating the pass age of defaced and abraded coins and declared that there was no provision against the passage of silver colna which were abraded only by alon and that tl ey were a legal tender as long as they bore the semblance sem blace of the coin bradstreets Brad streeta |