State v. American Surety Co. of New York

This suit was filed by the State of Tennessee on July 2, 1935, for the use and benefit of itself and other parties beneficiary under three bonds executed by Frank L. West, former Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Knox County.

West was inducted into office on January 3, 1929, and on the same date executed three bonds with the American Surety Company of New York as surety totalling the sum of $65,000. All three of these bonds were captioned “Clerk and Master’s Official Bond;” but. when spread upon the minutes of the Chancery Court they were distinguished as “Clerk and Master’s Official…