New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Gilmer

PRICE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the District Court of Upshur County from a judgment in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff duly perfected its appeal. Appellant’s statement of the nature and result of the suit seems to be acquiesced in by appellees, and we follow same almost literally with additional statements when necessary in the course of the opinion.

Appellant, hereinafter called plaintiff, instituted the suit whereby it seeks to recover from, appellees, hereinafter called defendants, the amount of a loss sustained by it as surety for C. W. Owen as Tax Assessor and Collector for…