Johnson v. Federal Union Surety Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Wiest, J. Assumpsit by P. Albin Johnson, and Leo L. Wood, copartners as Johnson & Wood, assignees of the Title Guaranty & Surety Company, against the Federal Union Surety Company, a foreign .corporation. From a judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Plaintiffs and appellants are assignees of a claim of the Title Guaranty & Surety Company against the defendant, based upon a contract which plaintiffs claim defendant made with said first-named company to contribute $2,500 to a settlement which the Title Guaranty & Surety Company made with the State of Michigan in discharge of official bonds signed by plaintiffs’ assignor, the defendant, and other surety companies in behalf of Frank P. Glazier, as State treasurer.
When Glazier entered upon his first term as State treasurer in January, 1905, he executed an official bond to the State in the.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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