United States v. Corwine

LEAVITT, District Judge.

This is an action of debt against Richard M. Corwine, John A. Corwine, and Wm. Wiswell, Jr., as the sureties of Waldo Putnam Craig and William Russell Righter. There is a general demurrer to the declaration on which the questions submitted bo the court are presented. ■ The declaration avers, that on November 13, 1856, the defendants executed a bond to the United States, in the penalty of $75,000, to avoid on the condition that the said Craig and Righter should faithfully fulfill their written contract of the same date, whereby they agreed to open a straight ship…