Smith v. United States

This was an action brought against Fred W. Smith and the sureties on his official bond as receiver of public moneys in the Tucson Land District, in this territory, dated the seventh day of March, 1888, for the sum of thirty thousand dollars, the condition of which is, that he ‘ ‘shall, at all times during his holding and remaining in said office, carefully discharge the duties thereof, and faithfully disburse all public moneys, and honestly account, without fraud or delay, for the same, and for all public funds and property which shall or may come into his hands.” The government complained in…