United States v. Collier
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was an action commenced on the 10th of May, 1852, to recover from the defendant [James Collier] a balance alleged to be due from him to the United States on his official bond as collector for the district of Upper California.
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This was an action commenced on the 10th of May, 1852, to recover from the defendant [James Collier] a balance alleged to be due from him to the United States on his official bond as collector for the district of Upper California. He acted as such collector from the 3d of April. 1849, until the 14th of January, 1851. The defendant tiled a plea of the general issue, and a notice that he elaim-ecl against the plaintiffs various specified credits, which exceeded their demand, and had been presented by him to the accounting officers of the treasury and disallowed; and .he claimed that he was…
1Opinion of the Court
BETTS, District Judge.
We do not consider it necessary to go out of or beyond the facts found by the special verdict and the *529documents adopted by it. in statins the reasons for our judgment in this ease.
The jury find, that the treasury department made up and stated the account of the defendant five several times, to wit: on the 7th of June. 1851, in which they claimed a balance of $791,065.31; on the 24th of September, 1851, in which they claimed a balance of $789,925.35; on the 26th of December, 1851," in which they claimed a balance of $750,-933.80; on the 7th of March, 1853, in which the…
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