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United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co. of Scranton

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided November 1, 1912PublishedCited by 12 opinions

In Equity. Suit by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company against the Title Guaranty & Surety Company of Scranton, Pa., formerly the Title Guaranty & Trust Company. On demurrer to bill.

1Opinion of the Court

ROSE, District Judge.

The United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company is the complainant. It is a Maryland corporation. The Title Guaranty & .Surety Company of Scranton is the respondent. It is incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania.

The complainant was surety on a bond given by the First National Bank of Topeka to the state of Kansas. The bond recited that the Treasurer of the state, by and with the consent of its executive council, had designated the First National Bank of Topeka a depository for the collection of drafts, checks, or certificates of deposit which might come into his hands…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. American Bonding Co. v. National Mechanics BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1903
  2. State v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
  3. National Surety Co. v. State Savings BankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Northern Trust Co. v. Consolidated Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
  2. American Bonding Co. v. State Savings BankMontana Supreme Court · 1913
  3. American Surety Co. v. Citizens' Nat. Bank of RoswellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  4. Oxford Production Credit Ass'n v. Bank of OxfordMississippi Supreme Court · 1944
  5. School District No. 1, Itasca County v. AitonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928

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