Legal Opinion

United States v. Broadhead

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 30, 1888No. Nob. 233, 234PublishedCited by 8 opinions

■ error to the circuit court of the united states for the DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. These were actions against sureties on bail bonds. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

These cases are' suits brought upon two bonds given by John F. Broadhead and his sureties, conditioned for his appearance in the District Court of the United States for the District of California, to answer two separate indictments for making and forging checks on the Assistant Treasurer of the United States at San Francisco. The penalty of each of these bonds was $5000, and, according to well settled principles, no interest can be recovered in such a suit as this, nor can any recovery be had beyond the amount prescribed in these instruments, except for costs.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1887

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