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THE UNITED STATES v. MORGAN ET AL.

52 U.S. 154 (____)

11 How. 154

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THOMAS GIBBES MORGAN, THOMAS W. CHINN, MICAJAH COURTNEY, JOSIAH BARKER, AND THE HEIRS AND LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF JOHN DAVENPORT, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Crittenden (Attorney-General), for the plaintiffs in error, no counsel appearing for the defendants.

Mr. Justice WOODBURY delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action on an official bond, given to secure the faithful performance of duty by one of the defendants, as collector of the port of New Orleans.

His appointment took place in June, 1841, and the bond was dated in December of the same year, and the condition was averred to have been broken in 1843 by not paying over large sums of money collected for the United States, and by not making seasonable...

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