Jessup v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. This was an action at law brought by the United States against William H. Jessup, as principal, and Jabez Howes and others, sureties on his bond, dated Nov. 3, 1869, payable to the United States, in the sum of $10,000, and conditioned, as follows: — - “The condition of the foregoing obligation¡il such, that whereas the said William Henry Jessup is a manufactufrfer of friction or other matches,…
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. This was an action at law brought by the United States against William H. Jessup, as principal, and Jabez Howes and others, sureties on his bond, dated Nov. 3, 1869, payable to the United States, in the sum of $10,000, and conditioned, as follows: — - “The condition of the foregoing obligation¡il such, that whereas the said William Henry Jessup is a manufactufrfer of friction or other matches, cigar-lights, or wax-tapers; and wlMreas, under the provisions of the 161st section of an act enti||l|ed ‘ An Act to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
The answer of the defendants admits the execution of the bond which is the basis of the suit. The finding by the court below in favor of the United States of all tiie issues of fact raised by the pleadings establishes, beyond the reach of contro-' versy, that Jessup did not perform the condition of his bond; that he did not pay for revenue stamps advanced to him; and that the United States, or^some of its officers, did not, without the knowledge or consent of his sureties, make a new contract, whereby credits for stamps furnished him were extended indefinitely, and beyond the term of sixty…
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