Case Name: United States v. Thomas H. Howland
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-05
Citations: 2 Cranch 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Thomas H. Howland.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 508–508

Head Matter:
United States v. Thomas H. Howland.
The United States may maintain indebitatus assumpsit, for duties not bonded.
The collector’s books in the handwriting of a deceased clerk, are evidence for the United States.
Indebitatus assumpsit, for duties not bonded,
Mr. Fendall, for the defendant,
contended that indebitatus as-sumpsit 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, J., absent,)
overruled both objections.