Green River Distilling Co. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance

The plaintiff, using an automobile in its business, was insured by the defendant against loss from liability for damages. A man was run over and killed. His administrator sued, and obtained a warrant of attachment on the ground that the wrongdoer was a foreign corporation. The defendant in that action, the plaintiff in this, bonded the attachment and thus procured its discharge (Code Civ. Pro. secs. 687, 688). Poundage fees of $300 were paid to the sheriff as a condition of this relief; a premium of $250 was paid to a surety company for the execution of the bond (Code Civ. Pro. sec. 688). The…