Smyer v. United States

This action was brought to recover upon the official bond of Smyer, who was postmaster at Birmingham, Alabama, the amount of moneys embezzled by one Smith, Assistant Superintendent of Mails at that office. The moneys came into Smith’s hands as collections made by him upon numerous C. 0. D. parcels or collected upon such parcels by letter carriers and turned over to him. The condition of the bond is that the postmaster “ shall faithfully discharge all duties and trusts imposed on him by law and by the regulations of the Post Office Department.”

All parcel post matter which came to the office…