Legal Opinion

State v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided February 12, 1910No. 16,282PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from Shawnee district court; Alston W. Dana, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by the state against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company on a bond given by the First National Bank of Topeka, as a depositary of state funds, and signed by the defendant company as surety. At the general election in 1902 T. T. Kelly was chosen as state treasurer, and he took possession of the office on January 12, 1903. Among his first official acts he designated the First National Bank as a state depositary, and on January 20, 1903, the bank gave to the state a bond in the sum of $250,000, signed by…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. United States v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  2. Hart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Estate of Ramsay v. People ex rel. Southern Illinois PenitentiaryIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Christie v. ScottSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
  5. Board of County Commissioners v. Security BankSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Maryland Casualty Co. v. City of South NorfolkCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1932
  2. Continental American Corporation, D/B/A Pioneer Balloon Company, Plaintiff v. Camera Controls Corporation, D/B/A Max Balloon CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  3. In Re GibsonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Kansas · 1981
  4. Kerby v. State Ex Rel. FrohmillerArizona Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Farmer v. RutherfordSupreme Court of Kansas · 1932

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