Maryland Casualty Co. v. Grays Harbor County

— The plaintiffs, casualty company and insurance company, jointly commenced this action in the superior court for Grays Harbor county, seeking’ a de cree establishing and limiting the liability of each of them upon its separate depositary bond; executed as surety, with Hayes & Hayes, Bankers, a banking corporation of this state, now insolvent, as principal, to secure payment of its deposit indebtedness to the defendant county. For the purpose of our present inquiry, we may regard the controversy as being between three parties: (1) The plaintiffs, casualty company and insurance company, whose…