Legal Opinion
Downer v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 26, 1931No. 4057PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court entered upon a compulsory nonsuit.
The plaintiff, a citizen of Pennsylvania, brought suit in assumpsit against the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company of Maryland, surety on the official bond of Dallas H. Auvill, sheriff of Barbour county, W. *734Va., to recover damages for false arrest and imprisonment. The following statute of "West Virginia provides that: “Upon any such bond * * * suits may be prosecuted from time to time in the name of this State * * * for the benefit of * * * the person injured by…
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- Janes v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1869
- Smith v. Commonwealth ex rel. McGarvySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
- Bartlett v. HuntWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
- Clement v. Commonwealth ex rel. MettlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
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- New England Merchants National Bank v. HughesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Future Fashions v. American Surety Co. of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1944
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