State Ex Rel. Nelson v. Hammett

This is an action on a notary’s .bond executed by the defendant, Hammett, as principal, and the defendant, Standard Accident Insurance Corporation of Michigan, as surety. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of relator in the sum of $5000, the penal sum of the bond, and damages were assessed in that amount. Defendants have appealed.

The'faóts show that'relator" is the executor of the will of Christina B. Rieger, who died, in Kansas City, on December 1st, 1943; that at all 'times mentioned herein Mrs. Rieger was a widow; that in the year 1941 she conveyed six houses located in Kansas City…