Abner L. Duncan's Heirs & Representatives v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error from tbe district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. On' the 22d November 1829, the district attorney of the United States filed, on behalf of the United States, a petition stating that on the 4th of March 1807, William Carson, Abner L. Duncan and John Carson made and executed their bond to the United States in the sum of ten thousand dollars, by which they bound themselves and each of them, and either of their heirs, executors and…
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IN error from tbe district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. On' the 22d November 1829, the district attorney of the United States filed, on behalf of the United States, a petition stating that on the 4th of March 1807, William Carson, Abner L. Duncan and John Carson made and executed their bond to the United States in the sum of ten thousand dollars, by which they bound themselves and each of them, and either of their heirs, executors and administrators, that William Carson, paymaster. of the United States, should well and truly perform and discharge,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Lean
This writ of error is, prosecuted to reverse a judgment of-the district court, which exercises circuit-court powers, in the. state of Louisiana.
In the year 1829 an action was commenced by the United States against the plaintiffs in error,, on a bond given by William Carson, as paymaster, and signed by A. L. Duncan and John Carson as his sureties. The bond bears date the 4th day of Marcn 1807, and contains a condition “that, if the above bounded William Carson, paymaster for the United States of America, do and shall well and truly, according to law, perform and discharge the duties.of said…
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