Maryland Casualty Co. v. Palmetto Coal Co.

GLENN, District Judge.

This is a suit on a fidelity bond, executed by the defendant, Maryland Casualty Com- ' pany, to the Palmetto Coal Company. The plaintiff, Palmetto Coal Company, is a South Carolina corporation having its principal place of business at Fountain Inn, S. C. ‘ T. D. Wood, a resident of Fountain Inn, was president and owner of the corporation and acted for it entirely, so far as the facts of this case are concerned, and we therefore use Wood’s name in referring to the plaintiff, Palmetto Coal Company.

Wood had coal mines near Chattanooga, Tenn. In the summer of 1922, Wood had…