Legal Opinion
Dugas v. American Surety Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 1937No. 340PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
1. The amount or penalty of the qualifying bond was $20,000.00. The surety’s obligation was not to Dugas alone, but to the other claimants as well; and this obligation was not to pay all claims regardless of their aggregate, but to pay $20,000.00, or so much thereof as should be needed, and no more. Because the claims exceeded $20,000.00, the surety paid that sum into the registry of the federal court, there to abide the court’s decree, and at the same time brought in that court its interpleader suit against all claimants, including Dugas, to the end that its liability on the bond might be…
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