United States ex rel. A. B. v. Cranston
This text of 25 F. Cas. 692 (United States ex rel. A. B. v. Cranston) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
And the Couht (Theuston, J., absent,) said that the defendant (the constable) was not liable upon his official bond for this money, álthough he gave a receipt, as constable, for the note. His official duty only commences when he has legal process; and he is only liable officially, for money officially collected; that is, upon legal process.
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