Bliss v. Mason

This is an action for conversion of certain bonds. Defendants denied conversion. A trial to the court resulted in a judgment for defendants. Plaintiff has appealed.

The facts are not in dispute. Defendants signed, as sureties, a county depository bond for the Bank of Ashton, running to Sherman county. At the time this bond was executed it was agreed that the bank would indemnify the *485sureties against loss by the deposit of bonds or other assets of the bank. Pursuant to this agreement, the bonds, alleged to have been converted, were pledged to protect defendants from loss by reason of their…