Reilly v. Golding

Supreme Court

Reilly v. Golding

77 U.S. 56, 19 L. Ed. 858, 10 Wall. 56, 1869 U.S. LEXIS 1043

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMarch 21, 1870

StatusPublished

Cited by7 cases

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Reilly v. Golding, 77 U.S. 56, 19 L. Ed. 858, 10 Wall. 56, 1869 U.S. LEXIS 1043 (1870).

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Opinion

Mr. Justice NELSON

delivered the opinion of the court.

The answer to the exception to the jurisdiction of the court is, that according to the practice of the courts in Louisiana, and which has been adopted by the Circuit Court of the United States, the court proceeds against the surety on a forthcoming bond by a rule to show cause, as in the present case. ’ The proceeding is merely incidental to the principal suit.

Reilly, also, put in answer on the merits which was tried. *58 The court made the rule absolute, and rendered judgment against the surety for the whole amount of tire claim of the plaintiff.

There is no finding of the facts in this case, and no reason for taking it out of the general rule on the subject, which, under like circumstances, as is well settled, is to

Aeeirm the judgment.

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