Farrar and Brown v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the District Court of Missouri. This was an action of debt, brought by the United States, in the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri, against Bernard G. Farrar, Joseph C. Brown and others, upon a bond dated the 7th day of August 1823, in the penal sum of $30,000, conditioned, that “whereas, the President of the United States had, pursuant to law, appointed William Rector surveyor of the public lands in the states of Illinois and…
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Error to the District Court of Missouri. This was an action of debt, brought by the United States, in the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri, against Bernard G. Farrar, Joseph C. Brown and others, upon a bond dated the 7th day of August 1823, in the penal sum of $30,000, conditioned, that “whereas, the President of the United States had, pursuant to law, appointed William Rector surveyor of the public lands in the states of Illinois and Missouri, and in the territory of Arkansas; now, therefore, if the said William Rector shall faithfully execute and discharge…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — This was a suit instituted below, against the plaintiffs here, to recover a debt of $30,000, for which they had become bound to the United States, as sureties for one Rector ; who is described in the bond as “ surveyor of the public lands in the states of Illinois and Missouri, and the territory of Arkansas.” The plea was performance, and the breach alleged in the replication is in these words : “that at the time of the execution of the bond, there were in the hands of the said William Rector, as such surveyor, to be by him, in the…
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