Case Name: UNITED STATES v. HOWLAND
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-11
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 396
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. HOWLAND.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 396–396

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,406.
UNITED STATES v. HOWLAND.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 508.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1824.
Bonds fou Duties—Actions—Evidence.
1. ’The United States may maintain indebita-tus assumpsit, for duties not bonded.
[Cited in Stockwell v. U. S., Case No. 13,-466.]
2. The collector's books in the handwriting of a deceased clerk, are evidence for the United States.
Indebitatus assumpsit [against Thomas II. Howland] for duties not bonded.
Mr. Fendall, for defendant,
contended that indebitatus assumpsit would not lie for duties; and that the collector’s books, in the handwriting of a deceased clerk, were not', evidence.

Opinion:
But THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
overruled both objections.