Gibson v. Peters

Citations

• 150 U.S. 342
• 14 S. Ct. 134
• 37 L. Ed. 1104
• 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2383

Syllabus

<p>The receiver of a national bank is an officer and agent of the United States within the meaning of those terms as used in Rev. Stat. § 380, providing that all-suits and proceedings arising out of the provisions of law governing national banking associations, in which the United States or .any of its officers or agents are parties, shall be conducted by the District Attorneys of the several districts, under the’direction and supervision of the Solicitor of the Treasury.</p> <p>[f a District' Attorney of the United States, acting under the provisions in Rev. Stat. § 380, conducts a suit or proceeding arising out of the provisions of .law governing national banking associations, he is entitled to no remuneration other than that coming from his salary, from the compensation and fees authorized to be taxed and allowed, and such additional compensation as is expressly allowed by law, specifically, on account of services named.</p>