United States v. Sturges

THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.

By the bill and answers in this cause it appears, that on the 9th of October, 1815, the defendants, Butler and Sturges, became security for Minium and Champlin, in a bond for the payment of duties, to a large amount; that the bond not being paid at the time stipulated, separate suits were prosecuted against the principals and sureties, and separate judgments obtained, in December, 1816; that payments had been made from time to time upon the judgments, leaving, however, a large balance still due; that after the execution of the bond, and before the judgments were…