Beneke v. Western Surety Co.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit upon a statutory real estate broker’s bond signed by H. Ward Collier, Jr., as principal, and Western Surety Company, as surety, in compliance with Article 6573a, Sec. 11, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stat.1 Plaintiff, R. G. Beneke, sued defendant, Western Surety Company, alleging that he had previously obtained a judgment against H. Ward Collier, Jr., for actual damages of $2,250, resulting from Collier’s violation of the Real Estate License Act.2 Plaintiff specifically alleged that Collier, while acting as a real estate broker as defined in the Act, violated Section…