Legal Opinion
Leonard v. ætna Casualty & Surety Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1935No. 3897PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The sole question involved in this case is the proper construction to be placed upon the terms of a fidelity bond. The facts are not in dispute. On October 23, 1925, Ætna Casualty & Surety Company executed and delivered a bond whereby Raymond N. Speigner, as principal, and the surety company as surety, acknowledged themselves held and firmly bound unto the National Exchange Bank of Chester, S. C. The bond recited that Speigner had been appointed to the position of bookkeeper in the service of the bank; and it was covenanted and agreed in the bond that the surety, in…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Grand Lodge of United Brothers of Friendship & Sisters of Mysterious Ten v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- DeJernette v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- Mayor of Brunswick v. HarveySupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Ladies of the Modern Maccabees v. Illinois Surety Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1917
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. First Nat. Bank of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. HoodSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
- Giese v. EngelhardtNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-In Asylum v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Brulatour v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- United States v. American Surety Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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