Taber v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Writ of error to a judgment of the district court of Massachusetts upon a bond given to the collector of New Bedford. The original case came before the district court upon a statement of facts agreed by the parties; and the district judge decided, that the bond was valid, and the United States entitled to judgment. [Case unreported.) The statement of facts was as follows: .This is an action of debt upon a bond given by the defendants [Frederic C. Taber and others] to the…
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Writ of error to a judgment of the district court of Massachusetts upon a bond given to the collector of New Bedford. The original case came before the district court upon a statement of facts agreed by the parties; and the district judge decided, that the bond was valid, and the United States entitled to judgment. [Case unreported.) The statement of facts was as follows: .This is an action of debt upon a bond given by the defendants [Frederic C. Taber and others] to the collector of the customs for the district of New Bedford, which is in the case, and may be referred to. The defendants are…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The act of 1803, c. 62 [2 Story’s Laws, 883; 2 Stat. 203, c. 9], supplementary to an act concerning consuls and .vice consuls, &c. provides in the first section: “That before a clearance be .granted to any vessel, bound on a foreign voyage, the master thereof sha’l deliver to the collector of the customs a list, containing the names, places of birth, and residence, and a description of the persons, who compose his ship’s company, to which list the oath -or affirmation of the captain shall be annexed, &c. &c. and the said collector shall deliver him a certified copy…
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