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THE UNITED STATES v. LINN ET AL.

40 U.S. 290 (____)

15 Pet. 290

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM LINN AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gilpin, the Attorney General, for the United States.

Mr. N.H. Swayne, for the defendants.

Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case comes from the Circuit Court of the United States for the state of Illinois, on a certificate of division of opinion upon the following points:

1st. Whether the obligation set out in the second and third counts in the declaration, being without seal, is a bond within the act of Congress.

2d. Whether such instrument is good at common law.

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