Ives v. Merchants Bank of Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island. It was a consequence of the case of the New Jersey Steam Navigation Company v. The Merchants Bank of Boston, decided by this court at December term, 1847, and reported in 6 Howard, 344. The Merchants Bank of Boston were the plaintiffs in the Circuit Court, and the cause of action is thus stated in the brief ;of the counsel for the plaintiff in error in this court. There was a special declaration in the Circuit Court, to which the defendant demurred: — The facts set forth…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
At November term, 1843, in the Circuit Court of Rhode Island, the Merchants Bank of Boston recovered against the New Jersey Steam Navigation Company, by decree in an admiralty suit, the sum of $22,224 and costs of suit. From which decree the respondents appealed to this' court; and on December 14, '1843, Moses B. Ives, the present plaintiff in- error, became bound as surety for, the appellants in a penal bond of $2500, with a condition, “ that the said Navigation Company 'should prosecute their appeal with effect, and should well and truly pay all such costs and damages as. should be adjudged…
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