National Surety Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Opelika

This was a suit brought by the First National Bank of Opelika against R. Sturdivant and the National Surety Company, surety on the bond of the said R. Sturdivant, as a public warehouseman, doing business at Dadeville, Ala., under the name and style of the Farmers’ Alliance Warehouse.

The complaint, as originally filed, contained one count. It averred that on January 26, 1931, the-defendant R. Sturdivant was operating a public warehouse for the storage of cotton, in the town of Dadeville, and on said day and for a long time prior thereto the said defendant National Surety Company was the surety…