United States v. Gilmore
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for Nebraska; the case having been submitted by Mr. Ashton, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
stated the ease and delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action of debt upon the bond of Gilmore, one of the defendants in error, as receiver of public moneys “ for the district of lands subject to sale in the Territory of Nebraska,” and also as a depositary of public moneys.
Upon the trial the defendants claimed a credit for the hire of certain clerks employed by Gilmore as such depositary, and offered proof in support of the demand. The attorney of the United States objected to the admission of the evidence upon several grounds. One of them was, that it must first be shown that the…
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