Smith v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the District Court of the United States for the district of Missouri, exercising the jurisdiction and powers of a circuit court.
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Error to the District Court of the United States for the district of Missouri, exercising the jurisdiction and powers of a circuit court. In that court, the United States instituted a suit against the plaintiff in error, John Smith, T., who, with Wilson P. Hunt, were, by a bond executed on the 7th of February 1810, in the sum of $10,000, the sureties of Alpha Kingsley, appointed a district paymaster in the army of the United States, under the act of congress passed the 16th of March 1802. Alpha Kingsley was dismissed from the service of the United States, in 1815. The action was commenced in…
1Opinion of the Court
McLean, Justice,
delivered the opinion of the court. — A writ of error is prosecuted in this case, to reverse the judgment of the district court of Missouri, whict exercises the powers of a circuit court. In December 1824, the United States brought an action of debt against the plaintiff in error, to recover $10,000. The claim arises on a bond signed by the plaintiff, as one of the sureties of Alpha Kingsley, who is alleged to have been appointed a paymaster in the army. The bond was executed on the 7th day of February 1810, in which the plaintiff, and one Wilson P. Hunt, bind themselves,…
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