MORRIS verʃus DE MARS.
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T was ruled in this cafe, that a relation of a fuperior and inferior officer, does not, of itfelf, bind the former to pay the contracts of the latter, whether in the ftaff or line. But if the inferior officer had an authority to contract, and having obtained the money for the ufe of the army, applied it accordingly, in fuch cafe THE COURT inclined to think, that the fuperior would be liable for the debt, provided he had fufficient public funds to difcharge it.