UNITED STATES v. WILEY

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78 U.S. 508 (1871)

11 Wall. 508

20 L.Ed. 211

UNITED STATES, v. WILEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 1, 1871.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Akerman, Attorney-General, Mr. Bristow, Solicitor-General, and Mr. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States,

Mr. Tazewell Taylor, contra:


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

Whether the act of April 10th, 1806, which prescribes a limitation to suits upon marshals' bonds, is applicable to suits brought by the United States, is a question which we do not propose now to answer, for, if it is, we are still of the opinion that the defendants' plea of the statute was an insufficient bar.

The cause of action arose in 1860, and the present...

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