ÆTNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. ADAMS

Nos. 5952, 5953.

84 F.2d 362 (1936)

ÆTNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. v. ADAMS et al. SAME v. HARRISON et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

May 29, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rawle & Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pa. (George M. Brodhead, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., H. S. Craumer, of Reading, Pa., and Thomas F. Mount and Joseph W. Henderson, both of Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for appellant.

Charles W. Matten and Harry R. Matten, both of Reading, Pa., for appellee Adams.

E. H. Deysher, of Reading, Pa., for appellee Louis F. Kraemer.

Geo. Eves, of Reading, Pa., for appellee C. H. Schlegel.

Stevens & Lee, of Reading, Pa. (Harry W. Lee and John H. Bertolet, both of Reading, Pa., of counsel), for appellees Henry K. Harrison, George A. Ravel, E. Richard Meinig, and W. C. Bitting.

Before BUFFINGTON and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and AVIS, District Judge.


BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.

The facts in this case, so far as material to a decision, are as follows: At the election held on November 3, 1931, Robert R. Gerhart was elected county treasurer of Berks county, Pa. The county commissioners required a surety bond or bonds in the sum of $250,000, for the faithful performance of his duties, and for the safe-keeping of, and accounting for, all moneys that came into his hands. Gerhart was unable to procure a surety company...

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