Insley v. United States

Citations

• 150 U.S. 512
• 14 S. Ct. 158
• 37 L. Ed. 1163
• 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2400

Syllabus

<p>As a District Court of the United States has jurisdiction under Rev. Stat. § 563, of all suits to recover forfeitures incurred under any law of the United States, including forfeitures of a- bail bond, the question whether the forfeiture should be enforced by scire facias under Rev. Stat. § 71G, or by proceedings under a law of the State in which the court is held, goes only to the remedy and not to the jurisdiction, and the action of the District Court is binding in a collateral proceeding.</p> <p>The rule that the death of a party to a suit, either pending the suit or after judgment and before execution, abates the suit, does not apply to a case where land has been sold upon execution, but no deed delivered.</p>