United States v. Davy

By the Court.

All the cases from our sister States, wfyere the Courts have decided they have no jurisdiction, are actions brought to enforce the pmal laws of the United States — no Court has refused the aid of the laws of the State, in collecting a debt due to the United States, founded merely on contract. *148in such a case the objections to enforcing a penal law of a different government do not exist.

Pierpont, for plaintiff. Langdon, for defendants,

Judgment — That the Court have jurisdiction.