Sturtevants v. Alton

McLEAN, Circuit Justice.

This action is brought on the following bond: “Know all men by these presents, that the city of Alton acknowledges itself to be indebted unto G. & N. Sturtevant in the full and just sum of seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-three cents; which sum, the said city of Alton hereby obligates itself to pay to the said G. & N. Sturtevant, their executors, administrators and assigns, with interest thereon at seven per centum per anum, on the 1st of March, anno domini, 1844, in specie or its equivalent, and for the payment of said sum of money, with the interest…