Citizens State Bank v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

This is an action at law brought by the Citizens State Bank of Thedford, Nebraska, and J. H. Figard, against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Baltimore, Maryland, to recover the sum of $3,000 alleged to have been entrusted to the defendant company for the sole purpose of indemnifying it against loss because of the execution of an appeal bond in the case of the Nebraska State Bank of Valparaiso, Nebraska, v. Citizens State Bank of Thedford, Nebraska, J. H. Figard and Otto J. May. The appeal bond in the sum of $5,500 was actually executed by the defendant *604company; the appeal was…