Southern Surety Co. v. Citizens' State Bank of Hempstead
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Waller County; J. D. Harvey, Judge. Action by the Citizens’ State Bank of Hempstead ¡against ' ¡the Southern Surety Company and A. G. Tompkins. From a judgment for plaintiff, the Surety Company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
On November 12, 1909, the appellant surety company issued to the ap-pellee bank a bond for the sum of $5,000 guaranteeing the faithful performance by A. G. Tompkins of his duties as the bank’s cashier, reciting upon the face of it that this bond was “in lieu, instead of, and as a substitute for” a prior and similar bond between and concerning the same parties, of like amount, and of date January 10, 1908. By what were termed “renewal certificates” the bond was kept in force until January 1, 1913.
Alleging that the conditions of both bonds had been breached, and that during the time they were…
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