MARSHALL, Ch. J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
This suit was brought by the Plaintiffs in error, in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of Rhode Island, to recover from the Defendants the amount of certain bills drawn by general Le Clerk on the government of France.
The declaration contains several counts, some special, stating agreements between the parties for the payment of the bills; others general, among which is...
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