Dignan v. Shields
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon.William H. Stewart. Suit was brought by B. G. Shields upon a bond given by Stone to him as collector of customs and disbursing agent for the Galveston district, and upon which Dignan was surety.
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Error from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon.William H. Stewart. Suit was brought by B. G. Shields upon a bond given by Stone to him as collector of customs and disbursing agent for the Galveston district, and upon which Dignan was surety. The condition of the bond was as follows: “ That whereas the said Benjamin G. Shields, as collector of customs aforesaid, hath appointed the said Edward L. Stone as cashier in the office of collector of customs, and the said Benjamin G. Shields hath, pursuant to law, appointed the said Edward L. Stone to act, in case of sickness or unavoidable absence,…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
The position of cashier in the office of collector of customs is not unknown to the law, as appears by the customs regulations adduced in evidence. (Gust. Reg., arts. 1004,1165.) For aught that appears to the contrary, it was competent for the collector at Galveston to delegate to his deputy the duty of receiving and keeping customs moneys, as cashier in his office, without violating the regulation prohibiting customs officers from performing their duties by substitutes. (Gust. Reg., art. 1152. See also Gust. Reg., art. 566, where the right of the collector to…
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