Legal Opinion

Seattle-First National Bank v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided April 1, 1982No. 4295-2-IIIPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.

Seattle-First National Bank, executor of the estate of Roland Davison, appeals a decision of the Adams County Superior Court regarding attorney's fees and interest payable by Aetna Life and Casualty Company. We affirm.

Aetna was the surety under a $100,000 guardianship bond for Mrs. Shirlee Broughton, inter vivos guardian for her father, Roland Davison, an incompetent person. At Davison's death, the guardian's accounting of July 23, 1979, indicated a $127,877.52 wrongful appropriation. Aetna was notified in March or April of 1979 of this probable breach of a fiduciary duty. The executor…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Illinois Surety Co. v. John Davis Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. CasassaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  3. Hartford Fire Ins. v. CaseyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1917
  4. In Re Beard's EstateWashington Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Truax v. Capitol Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Great American Insurance Co. v. North Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1Texas Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Colonial American Casualty & Surety Co. v. Scherer, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
  3. In Re DavisonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1982
  4. Colonial American Casualty and Surety Company v. Nancy Scherer, Successor Administrator of the Estate of Kimberly Lynn Lambert, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
  5. Colonial American Casualty and Surety Company v. Nancy Scherer, Successor Administrator of the Estate of Kimberly Lynn Lambert, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007

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