TAYLOR VS. READING
\tˈe͡ɪlə vˌiːˈɛs], \tˈeɪlə vˌiːˈɛs], \t_ˈeɪ_l_ə v_ˌiː__ˈɛ_s]\
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a New Jersey case, memorable because one of the earliest cases in which a court took upon itself to pronounce upon the constitutionality of a legislative enactment. The Legislature of New Jersey passed an act in 1795, upon the petition of the defendants in the case of Taylor vs. Reading, declaring that in certain cases payments made in Continental money should be credited as specie. The Court of Appeals deemed this an ex post facto law, and as such unconstitutional and inoperative.
By John Franklin Jameson
