Fireman's Fund Ins. v. Wyatt

This case presents a contest between Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company and Aetna Insurance Company as successive sureties on the guardianship bond of Alice Wyatt, the regularly appointed guardian of her minor daughters, Carol Paulette Mason and Geraldine Audrey Mason. At issue is the liability of one or both sureties for approximately $58,000.00 improperly expended by the guardian.

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has appealed from a decree dismissing the case as to Aetna Insurance Company. To understand the questions presented it is necessary to state in chronological order events leading up…