NORTHWESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

No. 3843.

19 F.2d 868 (1927)

NORTHWESTERN CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 8, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemper K. Knapp, of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in error.

Edward C. Craig, of Chicago, Ill., for defendant in error.

Before ALSCHULER, EVAN A. EVANS, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

As stated in surety company's brief: "The contested issues in this case are issues of law. Are the bonds void as against public policy, and are the doors of the courts closed to the plaintiff who presents the bonds as the foundation of its suit?" Elsewhere in the brief the grounds for the alleged invalidity are stated that "the bonds were given by the principal in the bonds to induce the railroad company...

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