Coyle v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

This is an action on a bond by which the defendant fidelity and guaranty company agreed to make good to the plaintiff any and all loss sustained by him through any act of dishonesty on the part of one Mudge, called in the bond an “Employe” of the plaintiff.

The defendant rested on the plaintiff’s evidence and asked the presiding judge * to direct a verdict in its favor. This was refused. An exception taken to that ruling is the only exception before us.

We are of opinion that, although the evidence showed acts on the part of Mudge which the jury could have found to be dishonest, they were not…