THE UNITED STATES v. STANSBURY ET AL.


26 U.S. 573 (____)

1 Pet. 573

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, vs. NICHOLAS STANSBURY AND EDWARD MORGAN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Wirt, Attorney General for the United States, no counsel attending on the part of the defendants in error.


Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL, delivered the opinion of the Court. —

This was an action of debt on a judgment which had been rendered in favour of the United States, against Thomas Sheppard, and the two defendants in error. The marshal returned, as to Sheppard, non est inventus. The other two defendants pleaded that they were sureties to Sheppard, in the bond on which the former judgment was rendered: that the United States...

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