State Ex Rel. Department of Unemployment Compensation v. Continental Casualty Co.

Haymond, Judge:

In this action of covenant, instituted by the State of West Virginia, for the use and benefit of the Department of Unemployment Compensation by its director, as plaintiff, against Continental Casualty Company, as defendant, in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, and in which the plaintiff seeks recovery upon an indemnifying bond, executed by the defendant, as surety, the Circuit Court entered a judgment in favor of the defendant. To that judgment the plaintiff obtained a writ of error to this Court. The questions presented involve the liability of the defendant…