Pendleton v. United States

MARSHALL, Circuit Justice.

This is a writ of error to the judgment of the district court, obtained by the United States against the plaintiffs in error, for the sum of 8490.OS, with interest from the 30th of September, ISOS. Philip Pendleton, the testator of the plaintiffs, had become bound to the United States as security for Michael McKewan and Daniel Hanagan, who were contractors to furnish rations to the troops in Virginia and Maryland, for the year 1802. This suit is brought for the balance of moneys unaccounted for, which was in their hands on the last day of December of that year. The…