 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 858 pages
...government enters into no contract with him that its officers shall perform their duties. A governmer t may be a loser by the negligence of its officers,...unless it be by express agreement to that effect. Here the surety was aware of the lien which the law gave as security for the payment of the tax. He... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1928 - 1130 pages
...responsible for the laches or wrongful act of its officers. It may be the loser by their negligence, but it never becomes bound to others for the consequences...unless it be by express agreement to that effect" We have not overlooked the contention that the government, by entering into the insurance field and... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1156 pages
...accordingly. The government enters into no contract with him that its officers shall perform their duties. A government may be a loser by the negligence of Its...unless It be by express agreement to that effect" But counsel for the defendants argue that In going forward In the line of causation from the misuse... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1902 - 812 pages
...accordingly. The government enters Into DO contract with him that Its officers shall perform their duties. A government may be a loser by the negligence of its...unless it be by express agreement to that effect." 2. It is also claimed that the court erred in striking out the fourth defense set forth in the answer... | |
 | United States. Comptroller of the Treasury - Expenditures, Public - 1900 - 1112 pages
...Hart v. United States (95 US, 318) Chief Justice Waite in delivering the opinion of the court said : "A government may be a loser by the negligence of...unless it be by express agreement to that effect/' It is equally true that if there was no negligence there was no liability. The disallowance made by... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 1204 pages
...enters Into no contract with him that Its officers shall perform their duties. A government may be the loser by the negligence of Its officers, but it never...unless it be by express agreement to that effect." The authorities relied on by the appellant relate to the duty of Individuals or private corporations... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1072 pages
...into no contract with him that its officers shall perform their •duties. A government may be the loser by the negligence of its officers, but it never...unless it be by express agreement to that effect." The authorities relied on by the appellant relate to the duty of individuals or private corporations... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 894 pages
...enters into no contract with him that its officers shall perform their duties. A government may be the loser by the negligence of its offi•cers, but it...unless it be by express agreement to that effect." The authorities relied on by the appellant relate to the duty of individuals or private corporations... | |
 | Thomas Gold Frost - Guaranties and sureties - 1902 - 600 pages
...no contract with him that its officers shall perform their duties. A government may be the loser by its officers, but it never becomes bound to others...unless it be by express agreement to that effect." Finally, an important question is presented in the case of policies covering the acts of public officials,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 862 pages
...accordingly. The government enters into no contract with him that its officers shall perform their duties. A government may be a loser by the negligence of its...unless it be by express agreement to that effect. Here the surety was aware of the lien which the law gave as security for the payment of the tax. He... | |
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A government may be a loser by the negligence of its officers, but it never becomes bound to others for the consequences of such neglect, unless it be by express agreement to that effect. 
