Wood Motor Car Co. v. Bankers Indemnity Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wells, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Supreme Court, Bergen county, upon a verdict rendered by a jury, in favor of the plaintiff-respondent and against the defendant-appellant. The plaintiff brought its action against the surety alone on a replevin bond which had been given in a prior suit in the same court.

The prior suit had been brought by a finance company, a New Jersey corporation, claiming under a conditional bill of sale, to recover possession of a certain automobile from the present plaintiff company, which based its claim to…