Lattarulo v. National Surety Co.

This is an action to recover a premium of $1,000 paid by the plaintiff to the defendant. The plaintiff applied to the commissioner of internal revenue for a permit to deal in non-beverage alcoholic liquor. Pursuant to section 6 of the National Prohibition Act, which authorized the federal prohibition com*155missioner to require a bond in such form and amount as he may prescribe to insure compliance with the terms of the permit, a departmental regulation was adopted whereby every applicant for a permit was required to submit a bond with the application, which bond had to be approved by the…