Quinn v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Two actions: One to recover $1,075, alleged to have been paid under duress, was tried to a jury; the other to annul a deed for the same cause was submitted upon the same evidence to the judge who tried the jury case. There was a verdict in favor of plaintiffs in the first case, and likewise findings in their favor in the second case. From orders denying judgment non obstante or a new trial, and denying amendments of the findings or a new trial, the cases come here.

George A. Quinn, the son of plaintiffs, was cashier in a Minneapolis bank. Defendant had given its bond indemnifying the bank…