Lawrence v. Norton
United States Circuit Court
Heard on Motion to Remand. The Revised Statutes of the United States, § 783, require that every marshal, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with two good and sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of said duties by himself and his deputies.
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Heard on Motion to Remand. The Revised Statutes of the United States, § 783, require that every marshal, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with two good and sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of said duties by himself and his deputies. In pursuance of this statute, A. Banning Norton, one of the defendants, having been nominated and appointed marshal of the United States for the northern district of Texas, executed his official bond, dated May 1, 1879, in the penalty of $20,000, with the other defendants as sureties, conditioned as required by the…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Justice.
The motion to remand must be overruled. It is clear that by the exceptions filed to the petition of the plaintiff a question is presented which arises under the laws of the United States, and consequently that under section 2 of the act of March 3, 1875, (Supp. to the U. S. Rev. St. vol. 1, p. 174,) the cause is remov*3able without regard to the citizenship of the parties. The condition of the bond sued on is in strict conformity with the condition prescribed by section 783 of the United States Revised Statutes. The exceptions filed raise the question, what is the proper…
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