United States Fid. & Guar. Co. v. State Ex Rel. Ward

This suit was brought in the name of the State for the use of Bufus E. Ward and his wife Mrs. Wilma Ward against Mrs. Leona Oswald Lutes, a notary public, and Uinited States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, surety on her official bond as such notary, for damages for breach of the covenant of said bond. The case was tried before the circuit judge by agreement without the intervention of a jury. Judgment was entered against Mrs. Lutes in the sum of $3,000.00 and against the surety company in the sum of $2,000.00 which is the amount of the bond. The surety company alone appeals.

The evidence…