United States v. Lent
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. The plaintiffs declared in the couijt below, upon a bond executed by the defendants to the plaintiffs, on the 22d day of August, 1816, in the penal sum ot 5,000 dollars, with the following condition. “The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden Lieut.
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Error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. The plaintiffs declared in the couijt below, upon a bond executed by the defendants to the plaintiffs, on the 22d day of August, 1816, in the penal sum ot 5,000 dollars, with the following condition. “The condition of this obligation is such, that whereas the above bounden Lieut. James W. Lent, Jr., has been appointed a battalion quarter-master in the corps of artillery, and has accepted said appointment. Now, if the said Lieut. James W. Lent, Jr., shall and doth at all times henceforth and during his…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.
This case comes'' up on a writ of error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York, and the question presented for the decision of this court, arises upon a bill of exceptions taken at the trial. The action is founded upon a bond given by the defendants below, with a condition, that J. W. Lent, Jr., a battalion quarter-master in the corps of artillery, should at all times during his holding said office, faithfully expend all public monies, and honestly account for all public property that should come into his hands, in his…
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