Legal Opinion
Alliance National Bank & Trust Co. v. State Surety Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided July 18, 1986No. 85-113PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShanahan, J.
State Surety Company appeals the $20,000 judgment in favor of Alliance National Bank & Trust Company awarded by the district court for Box Butte County in a bench trial. Alliance National had sued on State Surety’s bond indemnifying against “false and fraudulent representations or deceitful practises” of Fred Arntt, the principal of a motor vehicle dealer’s bond issued by State Surety.
In a bench trial of a law action, factual findings by a trial court have the effect of a verdict and will not be set aside unless clearly erroneous. See, Buckingham v. Wray, 219 Neb. 807, 366 N.W.2d 753 (1985);…
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