National Surety Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Florida
Defendant in Error. Writ of error to Circuit Court of Wakulla County, E. C. Love, Judge. STATEMENT. This action was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error on a bond given by Alonzo D. Wilder, as principal, to the Sopchoppy State Bank, upon which the National Surety Company, as surety, agreed to reimburse said bank within three months after proof of loss, for any pecuniary loss sustained by it because of the fraud and dishonesty, including larceny or…
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Defendant in Error. Writ of error to Circuit Court of Wakulla County, E. C. Love, Judge. STATEMENT. This action was brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error on a bond given by Alonzo D. Wilder, as principal, to the Sopchoppy State Bank, upon which the National Surety Company, as surety, agreed to reimburse said bank within three months after proof of loss, for any pecuniary loss sustained by it because of the fraud and dishonesty, including larceny or embezzlement, forgery and misappropriation of funds of the said Wilder while in the employ of said bank, during the…
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
After stating the facts.
Numerous errors are assigned and árgued, and while we may not take them up seriatim, we shall consider the several questions presented by them.
It is first contended that the court below erred in *469overruling the demurrer of the defendant company to the first-count-of the plaintiff’s declaration, and in support of this contention it is urged that - it is not distinctly averred -in this count that the plaintiff had suffered or sustained pecuniary loss under the terms of the bond sued on.
The declaration contains this ayerment: “the said defendant, Alonzo D. Wilder, while in…
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