Collector
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 52 U.S. 154 - United States v. Morgan · 1850Most cited · 44 citing opinions
not bailee
He did not receive them as a bailee, but as a collecting officer. He is liable for them on his bond, and not on any original bailment or lending.
How often courts cite the case defining “Collector”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Collector” — 44 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.