Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Richard

LANDRY, Judge.

From a judgment in favor of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (Fireman’s) casting defendant E. R. Richard in the sum of $2,025.00 on a written surety contract wherein Richard agreed to pay the debt of a third party, defendant has appealed. We are in accord with the judgment of the lower court and affirm the decision rendered.

Except as herein otherwise indicated, the salient facts attending this lawsuit are undisputed. It is shown that a Mrs. Sylvia Veronica Stacey became indebted to Fireman’s as a result of her embezzlement of funds of a former employer having no connection with…