PATTERSON v. THE UNITED STATES

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15 U.S. 221 (1817)

2 Wheat. 221

4 L.Ed. 224

PATTERSON, v. the UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 13, 1817.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THIS cause was argued by Mr. D.B. Ogden and Mr. Harper, for the plaintiff in error, and by the Attorney-General and Mr. Glenn, for the United States.


Mr. Justice WASHINGTON, delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of debt instituted in the district court of Maryland by the United States, against Robert Patterson, the plaintiff in error, upon a bond, dated the 2d of August, 1809, in the penalty of 35,000 dollars, with condition that certain merchandise, which had been imported into the United States, and which the said Patterson had then reshipped, in order to export the same to Tonningen, should...

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