Brownsville Lodge No. 357 v. Great American Indemnity Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The action below was assumpsit upon a bond given by the defendant indemnity company to the Brownsville Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. It resulted from the closing of the Monongahela National Bank of Brownsville, as a consequence of which the lodge lost the sum of $1,886.67, representing the balance of deposits made therein by its officials in various accounts. The defense was that under the terms of the bond, set forth below, the type of loss involved was not covered. At the close of the trial, the court below directed a verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount…