Valley National Bank v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

This action was brought for premiums on a trustee’s bond and is, therefore, on the face of the action, merely an action for debt, but primarily the action was brought to challenge the legality of an order of the probate court.

Our late Governor George W. P. Hunt provided in his will in respect to the amount of bond to be given by the trustee of his estate, that a bond “equal to 110% of my trust estate, excluding therefrom the value of my house on East McDowell Street,” be given.

George W. P. Hunt passed away December 24, 1934, and his will was admitted to probate in January, 1935, in Maricopa…