Legal Opinion
Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 26, 1947No. 9067, 9068, 9127PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERNER, Circuit Judge.
The involved circumstances and intricacies of these appeals arise from the criminal activities of Lawrence O’Connell, Chief Security Examiner of the Industrial Commission of Illinois (hereinafter called Commission). On September 1, 1935, O’Connell, as principal, and Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland (hereinafter called Fidelity), as surety, executed a bond. In the bond, no expiration date was specified. It covered the indefinite duration of O’Con-nell’s employment, but in and by the bond, O’Connell and Fidelity agreed to be bound unto the People of the State of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Wisconsin v. Pelican InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Dugas v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. MasseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
- Hack v. American Surety Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commercial Union Insurance Co. of New York v. AdamsDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 1964
- Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- United States v. American Surety Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Julius Seidel Lumber Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Beck v. Continental Casualty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
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