GORMAN ET AL. v. LENOX'S EXECUTORS


40 U.S. 115 (____)

15 Pet. 115

JOHN B. GORMAN AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. PETER LENOX'S EXECUTORS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

This case was argued at January term, 1840, by Messrs. Hoban and Coxe, for the plaintiffs in error; and by Mr. Brent, for the defendants: at this term,


Mr. Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes before this Court from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, on a writ of error.

An action was brought in the Circuit Court, by the executors of Lenox against the plaintiffs in error, on a bond given by them in the penalty of three thousand four hundred dollars; with the condition "that the said John B. Gorman should well and truly prosecute a certain writ of replevin with effect...

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