Fidelity Bond & Mortgage Co. v. American Surety Co.

The Fidelity Bond & Mortgage Company, hereinafter called plaintiff, has appealed from a judgment rendered against it for cost in the Circuit Court of Shelby county.

The plaintiff sued the American Surety Company on a bond which the defendant had executed for the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of Tennessee. The plaintiff is a Missouri corporation, engaged in the business, of making loans, buying and selling bonds, secured by real estate mortgages. The defendant is a New York corporation, engaged in making surety bonds of various kinds and character.

It was…