United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Kern

This action was commenced in the district court of Custer county by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, hereinafter referred to as the insurance company, as plaintiff, against Emanuel Keil, as principal, and Elgin Kern and J. J. Klopfenstein, as sureties, on a fidelity bond. The principal, Emanuel Keil, filed no answer and made no defense in the case, although he was served with summons as re<-quired by law, and thereupon judgment was rendered against him for the full .amount sued for. The defendant in error J. J. Klop-fenstein has failed to file an answer brief and has abandoned…