Legal Opinion
United States v. Alcorn
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
Decided May 25, 1906No. 2,299PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On Demurrer to Answer.
1Opinion of the Court
PODIyOCK, District Judge.
This is an action at law. The petition contains seven counts. The basis of each cause of action is a bond made by defendants, Alcorn as principal and the Deckers as sureties, to the government, under the provisions of an act of Congress approved June 23, 1874, c. 456, § 12, 18 Stat. 235 [U. S. Comp, St. 1901, p. 2695], which reads as follows:
“That every proposal for carrying the mail shall be accompanied by the bond of the bidder, with sureties approved by a postmaster and in cases where the amount of the bond exceeds live thousand dollars, by a postmaster of the…
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