GWIN ET AL. v. BARTON ET AL.


47 U.S. 7 (____)

6 How. 7

WILLIAM M. GWIN, LATE MARSHAL. AND JACOB S. YERGER AND ROBERT HUGHES, HIS SURETIES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. C.T. AND A. BARTON, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The cause was argued by Mr. Bibb, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Johnson, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

It appears by the record, that this was a summary proceeding, by motion in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi, against Gwin, late marshal of the District, and Yerger and Hughes, the sureties in his official bond, for the default of the marshal in omitting to levy the money upon a writ of venditioni exponas. This summary...

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