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DUGAS v. AMERICAN SURETY CO.,

No. 340.

300 U.S. 414 (1937)

DUGAS v. AMERICAN SURETY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ignatius Uzzo, with whom Mr. M.C. Scharff was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Harry McCall, with whom Messrs. Victor Leovy, Henry H. Chaffe, and Jas. Hy. Bruns were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the Court.

1. The amount or penalty of the qualifying bond was $20,000.00. The surety's obligation was not to Dugas alone, but to the other claimants as well; and this obligation was not to pay all claims regardless of their aggregate, but to pay $20,000.00, or so much thereof as should be needed, and no more. Because the claims exceeded $20,000.00, the surety paid that sum into...

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