Maryland Casualty Co. v. Byrne

This action, tried by the court without a jury, was brought to recover the sum of $1,034.34 on the following facts: The plaintiff had issued its bond to the receiver of the Oliver Cromwell Hotel, in the sum of $12,000, covering any fraud, dishonesty, embezzlement, wrongful abstraction or willful misapplication committed by any employee while performing the duties of his position.

During the year 1931, while the bond was in full force and effect, the defendant was an employee of the receiver in the operation of the hotel.

The complaint alleges that between February 25 and September 30, 1931, the…