Legal Opinion
Hack v. American Surety Co. of New York
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 26, 1938No. 6260PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Judgment was entered in the District Court for $120,917.94, upon two “Bankers’ Blanket Bonds” issued by defendant surety company to cover losses through fraud and misfeasance perpetrated by the bank’s officers.
The defendant surety company, in October, 1922, issued two bonds to the bank, each for -the face amount of $25,000, one primary, and one to cover excess loss. They were thereafter renewed annually, and expired in October, 1926. The bank, of which plaintiff was appointed successor receiver on March 1, 1933, closed in October, 1930. The losses arose by reason of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- American Surety Company v. PaulySupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Ruhlin v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Boseman v. Connecticut General Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. HoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
- 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
- Mechanicsville Trust & Savings Bank v. Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1968
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