Legal Opinion
Frederick Henry Vahlsing, Jr. v. Commercial Union Insurance Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 1991No. 90-1624PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, Frederick Henry Vahls-ing, guaranteed a contract on which the appellee, Commercial Union Insurance Company, had bound itself as surety. The contractor defaulted, and Commercial Union instituted litigation in the state courts of Texas to exonerate itself as surety and to collect on Vahlsing’s guarantee. Commercial Union’s lawyers obtained a substantial judgment and, after efforts to obtain payment were unavailing, began post-judgment garnishment proceedings, again in a Texas state court.
Vahlsing proved to be an evasive target. For almost two years,…
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