American Surety Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Aleck Boarman, Judge. The Waters-Pierce Oil Company was convicted of a crime, and adjudged to pay a fine and costs of the prosecution, and gave bond, on which the American Surety Company was surety, conditioned on prosecuting its writ of error and paying all costs, if it failed to make its plea good.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Aleck Boarman, Judge. The Waters-Pierce Oil Company was convicted of a crime, and adjudged to pay a fine and costs of the prosecution, and gave bond, on which the American Surety Company was surety, conditioned on prosecuting its writ of error and paying all costs, if it failed to make its plea good. Erom a judgment against the surety for the amount of the costs of the prosecution, the surety brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company was convicted of rebating, and was adjudged to pay a fine and all costs of the prosecution. A writ of error to review that judgment was allowed upon the defendant therein giving bond according to law in the sum of $2,000 without supersedeas. Pursuant to that order a bond was given, with condition:
“That if said Waters-Pierce Oil Company shall prosecute said writ of error to effect, and answer all cost if it fail to make the said plea good, then the above obligation to be void; else to remain in full force and effect.”
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