State ex rel. Koste v. Maryland Casualty Co. of Baltimore

ANDERSON, Judge.

This is an action brought in the name of the State of Missouri for the benefit of Raymond F. Koste against Maryland Cas~ ualty Company, surety on the notary public’s bond of Theodore F. Lesch, for damages allegedly caused by the fraud of said Lesch. Suit was originally filed in the Magistrate Court of the City of St. Louis. In his petition relator sought actual damages in the amount of $1,792 together with the statutory penalty and attorney’s fee for vexatious refusal to pay said claim. Judgment was entered in the Magistrate Court for actual damages in the sum of $1,642.50. On…