Haldeman v. United States

This is an action of debt against the plaintiffs in error on a bond conditioned for the performance of official duty by Haldeman, as surveyor of the customs, and depositary of the public moneys, at Louisville, Ky. They pleaded four pleas of judgment recovered for the same cause .of- action, to each of which the court below sustained a demurrer. The correctness of these rulings presents the only point in the case.

It is a general rule, that a plea of former recovery,- whether it be by confession, verdict, or demurrer, is. a bar to any new action of the same or the- like nature for the same…