Alexander v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Idaho. At Law. Action in the district court of the first judicial district of the territory of Idaho against Joseph Alexander and others, as sureties npon the bond of one Hibbs, a defaulting postmaster.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Idaho. At Law. Action in the district court of the first judicial district of the territory of Idaho against Joseph Alexander and others, as sureties npon the bond of one Hibbs, a defaulting postmaster. Judgment was given for plaintiff, and, pending a motion for a new trial, the cause was transferred, on the admission of the territory into the Union as a state, to the district court of the United States for the district of Idaho, by which the motion was denied. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
An action was brought in 1886 in the district court of the first judicial district of the territory of Idaho to recover from the sureties on the bond of one Hibbs, a postmaster, §10,000, the penalty of the bond. On November 28, 1888, judgment was rendered for that amount npon the verdict of the jury in the case. On December 1, 1888, notice was given of the intention of defendants to move for a new trial, and subse-. quently, in accordance with the practice of that court, a statement of the case was settled, with exhibits to be used on the motion for new trial. On April…
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