Crane v. Buckley
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. ' The bond under consideration is given under § 1000, Rev. Stat., and is a formal instrument required by the law, and governed by the law, and has, by nearly a. century’s use become a formula in legal proceedings, with a fixed and definite meaning.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion. ' The bond under consideration is given under § 1000, Rev. Stat., and is a formal instrument required by the law, and governed by the law, and has, by nearly a. century’s use become a formula in legal proceedings, with a fixed and definite meaning. Hotel Co. v. Kountze, 107 U. S. 378. The affirmance of the judgment by the upper court conclusively establishes the liability of the appellant on the bond. Davis v. Patrick, 57 Fed. Rep. 909; Babbit v. Shields, 101 Ü. S. 7. The only question to…
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delivered- the opinion of the court.
This was an action upon a supersedeas bond, brought by the plaintiff in error, Henry A. Crane, against defendants in error, Cornelius F. Buckley as principal, and Rudolph Spreckles and Timothy Hopkins as sureties.
The bond was given in an action brought by Crane against Buckley in the Superior Court of Tulare County, California, removed to the United States Circuit Court of the Southern District of California.
Crane brought suit to foreclose a contract for the sale of certain lands to Buckley and for the recovery of possession thereof. Upon answer and…
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