National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Currie

This appeal is from the action of the circuit court of Forrest county in granting a peremptory instruction in favor of the appellee, Alexander Currie, who was sued jointly with R. M. Holcomb, local agent of appellant fire insurance company, as surety on the fidelity bond of such agent. The declaration alleged an indebtedness of the agent in the sum of $1,111.20, but sought to recover of the defendants, in the court below, only the amount of the penalty of the bond, plus a reasonable attorney’s fee provided for therein.

The bond on which the suit is brought was executed on the 15th day of July,…