Board of County Commissioners v. Consolidated Indemnity & Insurance

A jury having been waived by the parties, this cause was submitted to the court on the pleadings, stipulations of fact, exhibits and evidence; and there being no dispute upon the essential and material facts, no extended recitation thereof would appear to be required. We shall be content in making reference only to such matters as seem to be germane to the discussion which shall thereafter appear.

The plaintiff seeks to recover upon a bond executed by the defendant as surety of the First-Rempel National Bank of Logan, Ohio, which was designated by the plaintiff board on January 14, 1931, as an…