Doheny v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

PRAY, District Judge.

The above entitled causes, numbered 69 and 70, were heard together, as the facts are identical and the law applicable thereto the same. The pleadings are alike in both cases.

Judgments were obtained in both causes against the contractors in question, Cover-dale and Johnson, co-partners, in the state court, and after affirmation thereof on appeal, executions were issued thereon and subsequently returned to the effect that no property could be found in either case; thereafter this suit was commenced against the above named defendant.

A surety bond was furnished the…