United States v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

In 1927, Frank K. Taylor, a veteran, applied for a duplicate of his adjusted service certificate, on the ground that the original had been lost, and, as required by statute, 38 U.S.C.A. § 649, gave a bond, with the defendant herein as surety, to protect the plaintiff against claims on the original certificate. After the duplicate had been issued, Taylor proceeded to borrow on it from plaintiff on four different occasions from 1927 to 1931. He then obtained final payment of the balance *504in July, 1936. Meanwhile, in 1930 and 1931, through other field offices of the Veterans’…