City of Princeton Ex Rel. Barber v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

Lm, Judge:

This is an action on a pistol bond for wrongful death. Judgment was entered upon the verdict of a jury for $1750.00 in favor of the plaintiff, City of Princeton, which sues for the use and benefit of and at the relation of Ethel Barber, as administratrix of Woodrow Barber, deceased, against the defendants, The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, and John Newkirk; and defendants prosecute error.

On February 4, 1935, defendants, John Newkirk, principal (as police officer of the City of Princeton), and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, surety, signed and delivered a…