American Surety Co. v. Vinton

In 1896, Henry E. Weston and William H. Weston were appointed trustees under the will of Nathaniel Weston, and gave separate bonds to the judge of probate, in the penal sum of $150,000 each, with the American Surety Company of New York as surety. Henry E. Weston was removed as trustee in 1902. In 1904 an action was begun against him and the surety company on his probate bond; judgment for the penal sum was entered in 1905, and the case was referred to an assessor to determine the amount for which execution should issue. Delay in the proceedings-was occasioned by the death of William H. Weston…