Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. v. Maus

The defendants Pyle prevailed in this action on an express indemnity agreement tried before the court without a jury. Plaintiff, Hartford, appeals.

Mrs. Maus was president of Eugene Escrow Service, Inc., a corporation. The company engaged in the escrow business. Statutes required companies engaging in such business to provide a bond. Mrs. Maus secured the defendant George Pyle, a realtor with whom she had done escrow business, and his wife, the defendant Mary Pyle, to sign as indemnitors on the application to Hartford for such bond. Pursuant to such application a bond of escrow agency was…