Speake & Others v. U. States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, in an action of debt for 8787 dollars upon a Hated 14th April, 1808, talfen by the collector of the port, of Georgetown, w-lh condition to be void if the Active 44 should not proceed to any foreign port “ or place, and the cargo should be re-landed in some " P01^ °f ^ie United States.”
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ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia, in an action of debt for 8787 dollars upon a Hated 14th April, 1808, talfen by the collector of the port, of Georgetown, w-lh condition to be void if the Active 44 should not proceed to any foreign port “ or place, and the cargo should be re-landed in some " P01^ °f ^ie United States.” The bond was executed ®y Speake. the master of the vessel, and by Beverly and Ober the owners of the cargo, in compliance with the lst section or the. act of congress of the. 9lh of January, 1808, entitled “ an set supplementary to the act. entian acf…
1Opinion of the CourtStore, J.
delivered the opinión of the Court as follows:
This is an action of debt brought upon a bond given under the f rst. section of the embargo act of the 9th of Jan. 1803. h. 8. After oyer of the bond and condition, various pleas were pleaded by the Defendants ; but it is unnecessary to consider any others than those upon which questions have been argued at the bar.
The second separate plea of the Defendant, Robert Gfyer, and the first joint plea of all the Defendants alleges, in substance, that the bond was, taken by the collector of the customs at' Georgetown,.by color of his office, and by…
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