United States v. Hough
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Ruel Hough, collector of internal revenue for the first district of Tennessee, was furnished by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with a large amount of revenue stamps, and on the sixteenth day of September, 1864, he gave, with sureties, bond to ther-United’ States in the sum of $25,000, conditioned for the payment of the money received by him for such stamps, and a faithful return of those not sold, whenever required so to do. Suit was brought on this bond: Treasury transcripts were offered in evidence by the plaintiff, showing a statement of his account in reference to revenue stamps,…
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