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DE SAUSSURE v. GAILLARD

No. 205.

127 U.S. 216 (1888)

DE SAUSSURE v. GAILLARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Clarence A. Seward, Mr. Samuel Lord and Mr. T.M. Mordecai for plaintiff in error, submitted on their brief.

Mr. Joseph H. Earle, Attorney General of South Carolina, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This action is not brought against the defendant in his individual capacity for a trespass or wrong alleged to have been committed by him as a natural person upon the property or personal rights of the plaintiff; it is brought against him in his official capacity as Treasurer of the County of Charleston, to recover judgment for a sum of money voluntarily paid by the plaintiff, though...

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