Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was an action of debt brought in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, upon a paymaster's official bond, against the defendant in error, one of the sureties in that bond. The condition of the bond, as set out upon oyer, is in the following words, viz. "That whereas the above bounden John Hall is appointed paymaster
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