HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY CO. v. MAUS


511 P.2d 839 (1973)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Lorraine W. MAUS and David C. Maus, Husband and Wife, Defendants, George A. Pyle and Mary Pyle, Husband and Wife, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Thwing, Eugene, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Thwing, Atherly & Butler, Eugene.

A.J. Morris, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Bailey, Hoffman, Morris & Van Rysselberghe, Eugene.


DENECKE, Justice.

The defendants Pyle prevailed in this action on an express indemnity agreement tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiff, Hartford, appeals.

Mrs. Maus was president of Eugene Escrow Service, Inc., a corporation. The company engaged in the escrow business. Statutes required companies engaging in such business to provide a bond. Mrs. Maus secured the defendant George Pyle, a realtor with whom she had done escrow business, and his wife...

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