United States v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, having been, carried there from the District Court, in which it originated. It was a suit brought by the United States against Buchanan, who was a purser in the navy, to recover a balance of $11,535.50, alleged to be due by him.
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This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, having been, carried there from the District Court, in which it originated. It was a suit brought by the United States against Buchanan, who was a purser in the navy, to recover a balance of $11,535.50, alleged to be due by him. It was brought upon thqee several bonds, which had been executed by him on the 28th of February, 1836, the 24th of November, 1830, and the 24th of February, 1834. The defence was, that he was entitled to certain credits which the accounting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
This is a writ of error, presenting three distinct grounds of exception to the judgment rendered in the court below.
Neither of these is claimed to justify us in revising the finding of the jury on the evidence, though the verdict was not acceptable in some respects to the district judge who tried the cause, but should have been scrutinized by him, if at all, and, if clearly wrong, submitted to another jury for correction on the motion for a new trial. The exceptions to be now considered are, therefore, confined to the instructions given to the jury concerning the claims made in set-off by the…
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