Mayor of New York v. Ryan

The decision of the Court of Appeals on the former appeal taken in this action to that court from a judgment of this court that had been affirmed at general term, and whereby the judgment rendered in favor of the. defendant in this court was reversed, is conclusive upon *437plaintiff’s right of recovery upon the facts alleged and proved.

The very point now taken, that the surety upon the official bond of a city constable was not liable for his official misconduct upon a judgment rendered against him for the unlawful detention of personal property, under color of official duty, where he was not…