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Title: Amos J. Bruce and Franklin Steele, Plaintiffs in Error v. the United States
Author : United States Supreme Court
Release Date : January 01, 1854
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 75 KB

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The writ of error, in this case, is brought upon a judgment obtained by the United States in the circuit court for the district of Missouri. It appears that Bruce, one of the plaintiffs in error, was appointed agent for the Sioux tribe of Indians, in 1844, and gave the bond on which this suit is brought, for the faithful performance of his official duty. Franklin Steele, the other plaintiff in error, and John Atchison, were sureties in the bond; and Atchison having died, pending the suit in the circuit court, it abated as to him, and the judgment in favor of the United States was rendered against the plaintiffs in error. The breach assigned is, that there was a balance in Bruce's hands, on the 1st of July, 1848, of $10,191.69, which he refused to turn over and pay to the United States, when required to do so.