Edwin Denton v. Fireman's Fund Indemnity Company

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Edwin Denton, and his deceased business partner brother signed a “General Contract of Indemnity" with appellee, Fireman’s Fund Indemnity Company, whereunder “ * * * each of them for themselves * * * jointly and severally * * *” agreed to indemnify the company for any losses which it “ * * * may at any time sustain or incur by reason * * *” of having executed any bond on behalf of Denton a'nd Griggs, another brother’s partnership construction company. After the death of appellant’s business partner brother, the Denton and Griggs partnership defaulted on a…