Cox and Dick v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the district court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana. On the 19th of October 1825, the district attorney of the United States filed, in the district court of the United States for the district of Louisiana, the following petition, and a copy of a bond, on which the cause of action stated in the petition was founded.
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ERROR to the district court of the United States, for the eastern district of Louisiana. On the 19th of October 1825, the district attorney of the United States filed, in the district court of the United States for the district of Louisiana, the following petition, and a copy of a bond, on which the cause of action stated in the petition was founded. The petition of the United States, by their attorney, prosecuting within and for said district, respectfully states, that Joseph H. Hawkins, late of New Orleans, navy agent of the United States, now deceased, John Dick, late of New Orleans, now…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thompson
This cause comes up by writ of error from the district court of Louisiana district. The suit was instituted according to the practice of that court.by petition, which states that Joseph H. Hawkins, late of New Orleans, navy agent of the. United States, now deceased, John Dick, late of the same place, deceased, and Nathaniel Cox, of the same place,- on the 10th day of March 1821, by their bond, became jointly and severally bound to the United States in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars. . To which obligation a condition was annexed, by which it was provided, that if the said Joseph H.…
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