United States v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

COLEMAN, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by the government against the surety on a corporate bond given by John E. Jones, in connection with his official position as Consul General at Genoa, Italy, in 1913, to recover an alleged shortage in this official’s account with the government. The question for decision is one of limitations, and turns upon the proper construction to be placed upon section 2 of the Act of August 8, 1888 (6 USCA § 5; 25 Stat. 387), or more precisely upon the meaning of the words “statement of the account” as contained in that enactment.

It appears that on June…