Ginsberg v. Union Surety & Guaranty Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Union Surety and Guaranty Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 16th day of April, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of April, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
In November, 1899, the plaintiff was employed by the F. Hollender Company as a salesman and collector, and before entering upon his employment he Was required to give to that company a bond of indemnity, in a specified sum, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, which he procured from the defendant. Before the defendant issued the bond it requested the plaintiff to " give it the names of five persons to whom it could refer as to his integrity. The names were furnished and the defendant having satisfied itself, by correspondence with such persons, as to the *142hones…
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