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1 Ga. L. Rep. 116

Gaston v. Fitzsimons

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 14, 1885

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1885-11-14

Gaston and two other Deputy U. S. Marshals, brought suit against 0. P. Fitzsimons, U. S. Marshal, and the securities on his bond, in the U. S. Circuit Court, for the Northern District of Georgia, claiming that various sums of money were due them for fees earned as such deputies; that said sums of money had been collected by said Fitzsimons from the United States, and that he had failed to pay the same over to them.

Decided 1885-11-14

McCay, J.

¶1Held, that plaintiffs were not injured by the failure of the Marshal to pay the money due, over to them ; that the United States still owed them ; that their claim for fees was against the United States, and was not discharged by a payment to the Marshal; that the ' Government should pay the deputies, then sue and recover on the Marshal’s bond, any sums that might be due the Government, by reason of the Marshals failure to pay over the fees due said deputies.

¶2The court passed the following order in each of the three cases:“That the demurrer be sustained, on the ground that plaintiffs have no right of action against the United .States Marshal, and the sureties on his bond, their claim being against the United States; wherefore it is ordered that this case be dismissed, etc, etc.”

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