Baurhenn v. Fidelity, C., of Maryland

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Campbell, Chancellor.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant below entered upon a verdict directed in its favor.

One Lyon and two others associated with him had been apprehended on a criminal charge and brought before a magistrate in Philadelphia who fixed bail for all three in sums aggregating $3,100. To secure his immediate release in the custody of his attorney, one Rrye, a member of the Pennsylvania bar, Lyon deposited a diamond ring and turned over the possession of an automobile.

Lyon then appealed to his friend, the plaintiff…