Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Moore
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Allen, J., entered August 3, 1918, dismissing an action to recover preferred claims against an insolvent bank, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
By the complaint, two alleged causes of action are set up. The first, in substance, is that the plaintiff was and is still engaged in carrying on, in this state, a general surety business; that the Northern Bank & Trust Company was, on and prior to January 30, 1917, conducting in the city of Seattle a general banking business; that the bank was a regularly designated depositary for the funds of the state of Washington; that the plaintiff became surety on the statutory bond of the bank as such depositary in the sum of $5,000; that the bond was duly approved by the state board of finance and in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Matter of Carnegie Trust CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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- State v. FosterWyoming Supreme Court · 1895
- Potter v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1911
- Commissioner of Banking v. Chelsea Savings BankMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
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