United States v. Linn
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division in opinion from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District 'of Illinois. William Linn, one of the defendants, was appointed on the ,12th of February, 1835, a Receiver of Public Moneys at the land office, in the district of Vandalia, which was established by the act of Congress, of the 11th May, 1S£0. 3 Story’s Laws, 17S0. By that act he was to “ give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and his compensation, emoluments,…
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ON a certificate of division in opinion from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District 'of Illinois. William Linn, one of the defendants, was appointed on the ,12th of February, 1835, a Receiver of Public Moneys at the land office, in the district of Vandalia, which was established by the act of Congress, of the 11th May, 1S£0. 3 Story’s Laws, 17S0. By that act he was to “ give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and his compensation, emoluments, duties, and authorities, were to be in every respect the same, as were or might be by law provided in relation to the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
•This case comes from the Circuit Court of the United States for the state of Illinois, on a certificate of division of opinion upon the following points:
1st. Whether the obligation Set out in the second and third counts in the declaration, being without seal, is a bond within' the act of Congress.
2d.-Whether such instrument is good at common law.
Upon the first point no doubt can exist. There being no seal to the instrument, it is not a bond. This point was" abandoned by tlje Attorney General, on the argument; and the question must of course be answered in the negative. And as the act of…
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