AMERICAN SURETY CO., ETC. v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN W. UNION

No. 12.

50 F.Supp. 180 (1943)

AMERICAN SURETY CO. OF NEW YORK v. FIRST NAT. BANK IN WEST UNION.

District Court, N. D. West Virginia.

April 30, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Higgins, of New York City, and Robert R. Wilson, of Clarksburg, W. Va. (Royal F. Shepard, of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff.

Samuel A. Powell, of Harrisville, W. Va., for defendant.


HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

As surety upon the bond of Clyde C. Ware, trustee in bankruptcy, plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant bank the sum of $4,843.62, the amount which it was required to and did pay for the default of such trustee. Upon an agreed statement of facts, supplemented by oral testimony, the case was submitted to the court for decision in lieu of a jury.

The theory upon which defendant's alleged liability is predicated is as...

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