Legal Opinion

Western Surety Co. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 31, 1934No. 7064PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a writ of scire facias issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California upon a bail bond which appellant had signed as surety for one David A. Schaffer charged with violating the Harrison Narcotic Act, December 17, 1914, as amended by Act Feb. 24, 1919 (26 USCA §§ 211, 691 et seq.).

An earlier judgment against the surety was reversed on appeal to this court because of the failure to aver in the writ the time at which Schaffer had made default. 51 F.(2d) 470. The amended writ, upon which the ease was…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Reese v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1915
  3. Vermont & Canada Railroad v. Vermont Central RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
  4. National Surety Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1928
  5. Palermo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. United States of America, and v. Larry Kenneth Gonware, Glenn Holmes Bail Bond AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  2. United States v. Thomas Miller, Resolute Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. John Wesley Egan and Bryan John Hill, and Stuyvesant Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
  4. Heine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943

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