Legal Opinion
United States Quarry Tile Co. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Ins.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1934No. 6458PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The appeal involves the construction of an indemnity bond given by the appellee to insure the appellant’s bank deposits, and a claim of estoppel asserted by the assured, based upon a construction of the bond made by a general agent of the surety and relied upon by the assured. The judgment below upon trial to the court without a jury was for the surety in the principal amount involved, and the assured appeals.
In 1930 the assured had both a cheeking and a savings deposit account in the Harter Bank of Canton, Ohio. Mr. Cable, its president, being solicited for business by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Northern Assurance Co. v. Grand View Building Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Continental Life Insurance v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Sun Insurance Office v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Clarksburg Trust Co. v. Commercial Casualty Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- Federal Surety Co. v. A. Bentley & Sons Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. HoweyDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1954
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