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DEAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 344.

274 U.S. 277 (1927)

DEAL ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis S. Beedy for petitioners.

Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Letts, Mr. Gardner P. Lloyd, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Mr. J. Kennedy White, Attorney in the Department of Justice, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Upon his appointment as postmaster at Fairbanks, Alaska, petitioner Deal executed the ordinary official bond, with the Fidelity & Guaranty Company as surety, conditioned that he "shall faithfully discharge all duties and trusts imposed on him as postmaster either by law or by the regulations of the Post Office Department," etc. The United States sued on this bond...

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