Maryland Casualty Co. v. Gates

WADDIRR, Circuit Judge.

This action was instituted against the plaintiff in error as surety on the official bond of John M. Boyle, United States marshal for the Western district of the state of Washington, *66to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the defendant in error by reason of the- unlawful seizure of certain property described in -the declaration^, claimed to have been unlawfully seized and taken by the marshal from the_ possession of the defendant in error, which he declined to return on due demand being made therefor. The facts bearing on the case are in many respects most…